Agar Gradient Diffusion Susceptibility Testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Reliable Alternative to Agar Dilution?

Agar Gradient Diffusion Susceptibility Testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Reliable Alternative to Agar Dilution?

Agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

The antibiotic susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates obtained from patients attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Tucumán, Argentina, were determined by the agar dilution method (MIC). 3.5% of the isolates produced beta-lactamase. A total of 96.5% of beta-lactamase negative isolates tested were susceptible to penicillin (MIC < or = 2 micrograms/ml-1); 14.03% of th...

Assessment of Etest as an alternative to agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

We studied whether the Etest can be used as an alternative to agar dilution to determine antimicrobial susceptibilities of ceftriaxone, cefixime, and cefpodoxime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae surveillance. One hundred fifteen clinical and laboratory isolates of N. gonorrhoeae were tested following the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-approved CLSI standard agar dilution method and, ...

In vitro comparison of disk diffusion and agar dilution antibiotic susceptibility test methods for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

At present, most Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing is done with beta-lactamase and agar dilution tests with common therapeutic agents. Generally, in bacteriological diagnosis laboratories in Argentina, study of antibiotic susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae is based on beta-lactamase determination and agar dilution method with common therapeutic agents. The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory S...

Assessment of value of E-test as an alternative to agar dilution for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Assessment of value of E-test as an alternative to agar dilution for Neisseria gonorrhoeae 1 antimicrobial susceptibility testing 2 3 4 Liu, Hsi, Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., Kevin Pettus, and David Trees, 5 6 7 8 Division of STD Prevention, NCHHSTP; and Division of Bacterial Diseases, NCIRD 9 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1