Comparison of Etest and agar dilution method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Flavobacterium isolates.
The Etest was evaluated as a possible alternative to the standard agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of nine antimicrobial agents against Flavobacterium species. In studies of 100 clinical isolates, the agreement between the MICs (+/-1 log2 dilution) obtained by the two methods was acceptable for cefotaxime, ceftazidime, amikacin, minocycline, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin (> 90%). Conversely, the agreement between the results obtained for piperacillin was limited (84%). The overall agreement was 92.5%.
Hsueh
P R
PR
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
Chang
J C
JC
Teng
L J
LJ
Yang
P C
PC
Ho
S W
SW
Hsieh
W C
WC
Luh
K T
KT
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents