scholarly journals Comparison of efficacy and cost-effectiveness of BIOMIC VIDEO and Vitek antimicrobial susceptibility test systems for use in the clinical microbiology laboratory.

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1980-1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Berke ◽  
P M Tierno
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Susceptibility Test ◽  
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test ◽  
Test Systems

scholarly journals The Poisoned Well: Enhancing the Predictive Value of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in the Era of Multidrug Resistance

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 2304-2308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thea Brennan-Krohn ◽  
Kenneth P. Smith ◽  
James E. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Reference Method ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ◽  
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Reference ◽  
Doubling Dilution

ABSTRACTAntimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a fundamental mission of the clinical microbiology laboratory. Reference AST methods are based on bacterial growth in antibiotic doubling dilution series, which means that any error in the reference method inherently represents at least a 2-fold difference. We describe the origins of current AST reference methodology, highlight the sources of AST variability, and propose ideas for improving AST predictive power.

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