Inaccuracy of the disk diffusion method compared with the agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of Campylobacter spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-56

  Lehtopolku, Mirva ^a,b   Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a,b   Puukka, Pauli ^a   Nakari, Ulla Maija ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Eerola, Erkki ^c   Huovinen, Pentti ^a,c   Hakanen, Antti J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE;

ACCURACY; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FINLAND; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; FINLAND; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84555188058     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01090-11     Document Type: Article

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