Inoculum preparation for anaerobic susceptibility tests.

AUTOR(ES)

Murray, P R

RESUMO

The results of anaerobic susceptibility tests performed with inocula prepared directly from agar isolation media and from overnight broth cultures were compared. Altogether, 93.0% of the results with these two inoculum preparations were within one twofold dilution, including 92.5 and 95.6% of the results with Clostridium species and the Bacteroides fragilis group, respectively. Thus, inocula prepared from agar subculture plates resulted in more-timely susceptibility test results. In addition, the test organisms used in this study grew better when the inoculum was prepared directly from agar plates.

Documentos Relacionados

• Simple inoculum standardizing system for antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests.
• Influence of inoculum growth phase on microdilution susceptibility tests.
• Antifungal susceptibility tests.
• Comparison of anaerobic susceptibility results obtained by two methods of inoculum preparation.
• Eubacterium lentum ATCC 43055, a new reference strain for quality control of anaerobic susceptibility tests.