Comparison of the agar dilution, tube dilution, and broth microdilution susceptibility tests for determination of teicoplanin MICs.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 27 ·No. 6 ·1989-06-00 ·Pages 1409-10

Kenny MT, Dulworth JK, Brackman MA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards agar dilution, tube dilution, and broth microdilution susceptibility tests for the measurement of teicoplanin MICs. The three standardized tests gave equivalent (within a twofold dilution) results with 98.8 to 99.0% of the 508 gram-positive clinical isolates tested, indicating that either method may be used for teicoplanin MIC determination.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Enterococcus faecalis/drug effects Glycopeptides/pharmacology Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests/standards Predictive Value of Tests Quality Control Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects Teicoplanin

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents Glycopeptides Teicoplanin

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Kenny M T

Merrell Dow Research Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-0470.

Dulworth J K

Brackman M A

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.27.6.1409-1410.1989

Published

1989-06-00

Pages

1409-10

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC267573

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.6.1409-1410.1989 PMC Full Text View journal details

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