Reliable and realistic approach to sensitivity testing.
Antibiotic testing by Disc was compared with Break-Point method using 535 clinical isolates; Disc sensitivity method was carried out in the routine way using the disc provided by pharmaceutical company. Break-point sensitivity was done by incorporating the substrate into solid medium, the results obtained showed greater resistance by Break-point which appears to be more realistic in the light of indiscriminate usage of antibiotic. The method is simple, cost effective, reliable and realistic (JPMA 39 : 94, 1989).
Hafiz
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S
Lyall
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N
Punjwani
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S
Zaidi
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SQ
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents