Evaluation of the Autobac 1 susceptibility testing system in a clinical diagnostic laboratory.
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The Autobac 1 system was compared to the disk diffusion and agar dilution methods. Overall, there was good correlation; however, certain antibiotic/bacterial combinations gave unreliable results. In particular, unreliable results were obtained against staphylococci with penicillins, aerobic gram-negative rods with cephalothin, and enterococci with cephalothin and clindamycin.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
دوره 11 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977