title: Direct method to determine the antibiotic susceptibility of rapidly growing blood pathogens.
abstract: Standardized direct disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing on monomicrobial blood cultures is compared with the Food and Drug Administration method. The direct method yields acceptable data and may conserve 24 h in reporting results.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media