title: Oxoid aura system as a semi-automated, standard antimicrobial susceptibility test method.
abstract: The need for a national strategy for antimicrobial resistance surveillance is well recognised. The diversity of susceptibility testing methods in the UK has led to the development of a standard method by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Here, use of an early manual-measurement Oxoid Aura system is compared with an in-house, non-standard method. The usefulness of such a system in the evaluation of antibiotic susceptibility data collected for Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus, is also examined. An automated version of this equipment is now available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dimmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodger
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects