Comparison of broth microdilution, Etest, and agar disk diffusion methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Lactobacillus acidophilus group members

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3745-3748

  Mayrhofer, Sigrid ^a   Domig, Konrad J ^a   Mair, Christiane ^a   Zitz, Ulrike ^b   Huys, Geert ^c   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Division of Food Quality Assurance   (Austria)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYSACCHARIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STANDARDS;

(N-1) CRITERION; AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR); ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BROTH MICRODILUTION METHOD; DIFFUSION METHODS; INHIBITION ZONES; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS GROUP; LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS; MICRODILUTION; PROBIOTIC CULTURES; STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES; TEST RESULTS;

HEALTH;

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; INHIBITION; TESTING METHOD;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSAFETY; BROTH DILUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STARTER CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 45749153077     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02849-07     Document Type: Article

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