Reply to "Disk diffusion method for erythromycin and ciprofloxacin susceptibility testing of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli"

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 381-

  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,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ACCURACY; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISK DIFFUSION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUELLER HINTON AGAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84871708397     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02575-12     Document Type: Letter

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3. Lehtopolku M, Kotilainen P, Puukka P, Nakari UM, Siitonen A, Eerola E, Huovinen P, Hakanen AJ. 2012. Inaccuracy of the disk diffusion method compared with the agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of Campylobacter spp. J. Clin. Microbiol. 50:52-56.