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Disk Diffusion Method

Known as: DISK DIFFUSION 
A method to determine microbial susceptibility to antibiotics in which filter paper disks containing known concentrations of antibiotics are placed… (More)
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Disk Diffusion Method
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2015
2015
Development of a Pefloxacin Disk Diffusion Method for Detection of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Salmonella enterica.
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are among the drugs of choice for treatment of Salmonella infections. However, fluoroquinolone resistance… (More)
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2015
2015
Standardization of Operator-Dependent Variables Affecting Precision and Accuracy of the Disk Diffusion Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing.
Parameters like zone reading, inoculum density, and plate streaking influence the precision and accuracy of disk diffusion… (More)
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2015
2015
Comparative Evaluation of Disc Diffusion and E-test with Broth Micro-dilution in Susceptibility testing of Amphotericin B, Voriconazole and Caspofungin against Clinical Aspergillus isolates.
BACKGROUND Clinical importance of Aspergillus has increased over the past few decades because of rise in immunosuppressive drugs… (More)
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2014
2014
Development of the EUCAST disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing method and its implementation in routine microbiology laboratories.
With the support of ESCMID and European countries, EUCAST has developed a disk diffusion test with zone diameter breakpoints… (More)
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2014
2014
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Helicobacter pylori isolates from Brazilian children and adolescents: Comparing agar dilution, E-test, and disk diffusion
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for Helicobacter pylori is increasingly important due to resistance to the most used… (More)
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2014
2014
Tylosin susceptibility of Staphylococci from bovine mastitis.
Although the 16-membered macrolide tylosin is commonly used for the treatment of bovine mastitis, little information is currently… (More)
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2012
2012
Comparison of Agar Dilution, Broth Dilution, Cylinder Plate and Disk Diffusion Methods for Evaluation of Anti-leishmanial Drugs on Leishmania promastigotes
BACKGROUND Leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by Leishmania parasites. Growing of drug unresponsiveness in… (More)
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2010
2010
Multicenter study to determine disk diffusion and broth microdilution criteria for prediction of high- and low-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Mupirocin susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus aureus has become more important as mupirocin is used more widely to suppress… (More)
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2006
2006
Multicenter evaluation of the Etest and disk diffusion methods for differentiating daptomycin-susceptible from non-daptomycin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
Daptomycin is a novel cyclic lipopeptide that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of… (More)
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2004
2004
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Acinetobacter spp. by NCCLS broth microdilution and disk diffusion methods.
Although both broth microdilution (BMD) and disk diffusion (DD) are listed by NCCLS as acceptable methods for testing… (More)
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