Evaluation of CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Both the CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial susceptibility testing were evaluated against the reference CLSI broth microdilution method using the most recently published CLSI breakpoints. While agar dilution was not an optimal method, the commercial panel appeared to be an acceptable method, with minor errors encountered for ceftriaxone, penicillin, and meropenem.
Public Health Laboratories, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. szhang28@jhmi.edu
Sean X
SX
Zhang
Prasad
P
Rawte
Shirley
S
Brown
Steven
S
Lo
Heather
H
Siebert
Sylvia
S
Pong-Porter
Donald E
DE
Low
Frances B
FB
Jamieson
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents