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Balaji Veeraraghavan1, Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam1, Rani Diana Sahni1
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Abstract:
We evaluated the performance of automated susceptibility testing for piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) MICs against the reference microbroth dilution method. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of PTZ against a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae was determined by reference broth micro-dilution method in 10 replicates which yielded a modal MIC of 16 mg/L (susceptible dose-dependent). Out of 434 laboratories who obtained MIC of 16 mg/L correctly, only 301 interpreted the result as susceptible dose dependent as per 2022 revised CLSI criteria. Educating the clinical laboratories in validating AST methods as per latest CLSI guidelines is of utmost important.
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