Comparison of Etest and agar dilution method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Flavobacterium isolates

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作者
Hsueh, PR
Chang, JC
Teng, LJ
Yang, PC
Ho, SW
Hsieh, WC
Luh, KT
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV HOSP,DEPT LAB MED,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[2] NATL TAIWAN UNIV HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[3] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,SCH MED TECHNOL,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[4] NATL CHENG KUNG UNIV,DEPT MED TECHNOL,COLL MED,TAINAN,TAIWAN
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10.1128/JCM.35.4.1021-1023.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
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 log, 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%.
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