Addition of NaCl to MS-2 system clinical cuvettes for combined salt tolerance and susceptibility testing for group D streptococci.
Sodium chloride was added directly to individual wells of MS-2 system clinical cuvettes for evaluating the feasibility of simultaneous susceptibility and salt tolerance testing for group D streptococcal isolates. Salt tolerance was correctly detected for all 177 enterococci tested; there was no false-positive results for 29 group D nonenterococcal or 45 viridans streptococcal isolates.
D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride