title: Evaluation of the 10-micrograms clindamycin disk for susceptibility testing of anaerobes by the aerobically incubated thioglycolate broth disk method.
abstract: The reliability of the 10-micrograms clindamycin disk was evaluated for susceptibility testing of anaerobes by the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method. A good correlation between the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method and the reference agar dilution procedure of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards was obtained by using a 4-microgram/ml breakpoint. Improved correlation was obtained when the medium of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards was buffered.
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013864:Thioglycolates
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D013864:Thioglycolates; D002981:Clindamycin