title: Quality control limits for the standard anaerobic reference agar dilution susceptibility test procedure of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.
abstract: Multilaboratory studies were performed to develop MIC quality control limits for the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards reference agar dilution method for anaerobic susceptibility tests. Acceptable MICs were defined as those which include greater than 95% of all 100 MICs generated by the study. Most MIC control limits included either 2- or 3-dilution intervals rather than the more traditional 3-dilution intervals that are described as the mode +/- 1 doubling dilution.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Institute, Tualatin, Oregon 97062.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thornsberry
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Gerlach
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015311:Cefmetazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D002438:Cefoperazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011786:Quality Control; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015311:Cefmetazole; D000667:Ampicillin; D002438:Cefoperazone; D000658:Amoxicillin; D013982:Ticarcillin