Guidelines for detection of penicillin tolerance in Streptococcus pyogenes by MIC-MBC method.
Disagreement on a uniform and accepted method of testing penicillin tolerance in Streptococcus pyogenes prevents a meaningful comparison of results of various studies on tolerance and an assessment of the contribution of this phenomenon to treatment failure. Therefore guidelines are needed.
Van Asselt
G J
GJ
Department of Medical Microbiology, Westeinde Hospital, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Van Boven
C P
CP
D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects*; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017211:Treatment Failure