Comparison of Neisseria gonorrhoeae MICs obtained by Etest and agar dilution for ceftriaxone, cefpodoxime, cefixime and azithromycin

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-380

  Gose, Severin ^a   Kong, Carol J ^b   Lee, Yer ^a   Samuel, Michael C ^b   Bauer, Heidi M ^b   Dixon, Paula ^c   Soge, Olusegun O ^d   Lei, John ^a   Pandori, Mark ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agar dilution; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Etest; Extended spectrum cephalosporins; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; URETHRA;

EID: 84887396550     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Biedenbach D.J., Jones R.N. Comparative assessment of Etest for testing susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to penicillin, tetracycline, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, and ciprofloxacin: investigation using 510(k) review criteria, recommended by the Food and Drug Administration. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996, 34:3214-3217.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Summary of notifiable diseases: United States, 2009. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly Rep. 2011, 58:1-100.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Gonorrhea - STD information from CDC [WWW Document] URL, (accessed 8.8.13). http://www.cdc.gov/std/gisp/.
4. Hodge J.G. An enhanced approach to distinguishing public health practice and human subjects research. J. Law Med. Ethics 2005, 33:125-141.
5. Liao C.-H., Lai C.-C., Hsu M.-S., Chu F.-Y., Wu M.-Y., Huang Y.-T., Hsueh P.-R. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates determined by the agar dilution, disk diffusion and Etest methods: comparison of results using GC agar and chocolate agar. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 2010, 35:457-460.
6. Yeung K.H., Ng L.K., Dillon J.A. Evaluation of Etest for testing antimicrobial susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with different growth media. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1993, 31:3053-3055.