A comparison of agar dilution with the Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity (CDS) and Etest methods for determining the minimum inhibitory concentration of ceftriaxone against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-43

  Enriquez, Rodney P ^a   Goire, Namraj ^a   Kundu, Ratan ^a   Gatus, Barrie J ^a,b   Lahra, Monica M ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agar dilution; CDS; Ceftriaxone; CLSI; Etest; MIC; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR DILUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALIBRATED DICHOTOMOUS SENSITIVITY; CLINICAL AND LABORATORY STANDARDS INSTITUTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPSILOMETER TEST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TREND STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84989946020     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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