Comparison of broth and human serum as the diluent in the serum bactericidal test.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 7 ·No. 1 ·1975-01-00 ·Pages 113-4

Pien FD, Williams RD, Vosti KL

Abstract

The use of serum rather than broth as the diluent in the serum bactericidal test results in a significant decrease in the test level among patients receiving highly protein-bound semisynthetic penicillins.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/blood Culture Media Humans Immune Sera Methods

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents Culture Media Immune Sera

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Pien F D

Williams R D

Vosti K L

References (2)

2 references, click to expand

Clinical pharmacology of the new penicillins. 1. The importance of serum protein binding in determining antimicrobial activity and concentration in serum.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1966 Mar-Apr;7(2):166-79 PMID: 4956690
Variation in performance of the serum bactericidal test.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1974 Sep;6(3):330-3 PMID: 15830483

Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.7.1.113

Published

1975-01-00

Pages

113-4

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC429083

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.7.1.113 PMC Full Text View journal details

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