Inexpensive 4-hour micro-agar dilution susceptibility determination method.
AUTOR(ES)
Holloway, Y
RESUMO
Using a micro-agar dilution (MAD) method in which microscope slides are covered with a thin film of agar, and MICs are read microscopically after a 4-h incubation, 18 antibiotics were tested against 29 to 32 microorganisms each. Identical MICs were obtained for microscopic MAD MICs performed in duplicate in 87.1% of the antibiotic-microorganism combinations, and 97.9% were identical within one dilution. When read macroscopically after an 18-h incubation, identical duplicate MICs were obtained in 86.8% of the cases, and 98.4% were identical within one dilution. Using agar dilution as the "gold standard," the correlation obtained with MAD slides read microscopically at 4 h was 94.3%, and macroscopic correlation at 18 h was 97.6%. The correlation of MAD slides with agar dilution for the groups of microorganisms most frequently used was as follows (microscopic/macroscopic): Staphylococcus aureus 96%/98%; Streptococcaceae 97%/98%; Enterobacteriaceae 98%/99%; and Pseudomonadaceae 95%/98%. At the present rate of exchange (fl 1.60 = $1.00f1p4he cost of a MAD slide, including labor, is $1.28 (20 microorganisms tested) or $0.06 per microorganism-antibiotic combination tested. This method is easy to perform, rapid, and inexpensive. It is suitable for use in routine and research laboratories.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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