Comparison of the accuracy of disk diffusion zone diameters obtained by manual zone measurements to that by automated zone measurements to determine antimicrobial susceptibility

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-181

  Lestari, Endang Sri ^a   Severin, Juliëtte A ^b   Filius, P Margreet G ^b   Kuntaman, Kuntaman ^c   Offra Duerink, D ^d   Hadi, Usman ^c   Wahjono, Hendro ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^b  

^a Dr Kariadi Hospital   (Indonesia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Disk diffusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDONESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOMATION; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDONESIA; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 50549105062     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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