The use of direct susceptibility tests from BACTEC 9240 to Microscan Walkaway.
Using a straight-from-the-bottle into-the-instrument technique, a series of direct susceptibility tests were performed with the BACTEC 9240 and Microscan Walkaway systems. Although rapid, unacceptably high error rates were obtained when compared with a standardized method. This procedure is not sufficiently accurate for clinical use.
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. richm@ngha.med.sa
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D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity