Reproducibility of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam MIC Results for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using MicroScan Dried Gram-negative MIC Panels

Reproducibility of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam MIC Results for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using MicroScan Dried Gram-negative MIC Panels

Reproducibility of Ceftazidime/Avibactam MIC Results for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using MicroScan Dried Gram Negative MIC Panels

Cefepime MIC breakpoint resettlement in gram-negative bacteria.

Cefepime has recently drawn much attention, due mostly to a meta-analysis reported by Yahav et al. (3). They observed higher all-cause mortality for cefepime than for other betalactam antibiotics (risk ratio, 1.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08 to 1.49) and described neurotoxic adverse effects and inadequate in vivo antimicrobial efficacy as plausible reasons for increased mortality. Bhat ...

Microscan Walkaway for Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacteriaceae and Non-Fermentative Gram-negative Organisms

False daptomycin-nonsusceptible MIC results by Microscan panel PC 29 relative to Etest results for Staphylococcus aureus and enterococci.

This study correlated the daptomycin MIC results obtained by Microscan and by Etest in Staphylococcus aureus and enterococci and found that the Microscan panel GP 29 had a high rate of false nonsusceptible results. Of the isolates interpreted as nonsusceptible by Microscan, 87% of Staphylococcus aureus, 90% of Enterococcus faecalis, and 88% of Enterococcus faecium isolates were interpreted as s...