High concentrations of manganese in Mueller-Hinton agar increase MICs of tigecycline determined by Etest.

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  • Carlos Fernández-Mazarrasa
  • Olav Mazarrasa
  • Jorge Calvo
  • Asunción del Arco
  • Luis Martínez-Martínez
چکیده

MICs of tigecycline determined by Etest were 4 to 12 times (three ATCC strains) and 2 to 8 times (50 clinical isolates) higher in Mueller-Hinton agar from Merck than in Mueller-Hinton agar from either Oxoid or Difco. This was related to a much higher concentration of manganese in the medium from Merck.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 47 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009