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Alba Rivera1, Belén Viñado2, Natividad Benito3
1Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Departamento de Genética y de Microbiología de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Disk diffusion is a well standardized method that provides reliable categorical results to guide antimicrobial therapy in numerous types of infections. Based on the guidelines of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST), which are widely implemented in Spain, the Spanish Antibiogram Committee (COESANT) has drawn up recommendations for antimicrobial selection by the disk diffusion technique, including selective reporting and its use for the detection of resistance mechanisms. Factors affecting disk diffusion results, along with advantages and shortcomings of the method, are also discussed.
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