Procedure for expediting determinations of antibiotic susceptibility of gram-negative, urinary tract pathogens.
Standardized direct disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing on monomicrobial urine specimens is compared with the Food and Drug Administration method. The direct procedure yields acceptable data and may conserve 24 h in reporting results.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents