title: Efficacy of the E-test in evaluating the antimicrobial susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria of veterinary interest.
abstract: A study was made of the sensitivity of 39 clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria to 10 antimicrobial agents. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were calculated using a new method--the E-test (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden)--and compared with those obtained using the conventional agar dilution method. Agreement between the MICs obtained by the two methods with a variation of +/- 2 dilutions was 78.7%. The E-test, though less sensitive than the conventional agar dilution method, may be of value in clinical veterinary practice when rapid selection of treatment for a given infectious process is required.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Píriz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martin-Palomino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000382:microbiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006041:Goats; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents