Evaluation of CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Sean X. Zhang, Prasad Rawte, Shirley Brown, Steven Lo, Heather Siebert, Sylvia Pong-Porter, Donald E. Low, Frances B. Jamieson

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Abstract

Both the CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial susceptibility testing were evaluated against the reference CLSI broth microdilution method using the most recently published CLSI breakpoints. While agar dilution was not an optimal method, the commercial panel appeared to be an acceptable method, with minor errors encountered for ceftriaxone, penicillin, and meropenem.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)704-706
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)

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