First comprehensive evaluation of the M.I.C. evaluator device compared to etest and CLSI reference dilution methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical strains of anaerobes and other fastidious bacterial species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1153-1157

  Rennie, R P ^a   Turnbull, L ^a   Brosnikoff, C ^a   Cloke, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ACCURACY; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; AGAR DILUTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES CACCAE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES VULGATIS; BROTH DILUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM RAMOSUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; EPSILOMETER TEST; FASTIDIOUS BACTERIUM; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM MORTIFORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PEPTONIPHILUS HAREI; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; VEILLONELLA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 84858609137     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05397-11     Document Type: Article

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