Shortening the incubation time for antimicrobial susceptibility testing by disk diffusion for Enterobacteriaceae: how short can it be and are the results accurate?

Highlights • Clear growth is visible after 6–7 h of incubation. • Categorical error rates between early disk zone reading and 20 h reading are low. • Established disk diffusion breakpoints can be used with early reading. • Turnaround time is reduced by early disk zone reading.

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of antimicrobial agents 2017-05, Vol.49 (5), p.631-637
Hauptverfasser: van den Bijllaardt, Wouter, Buiting, Anton G, Mouton, Johan W, Muller, Anouk E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Clear growth is visible after 6–7 h of incubation. • Categorical error rates between early disk zone reading and 20 h reading are low. • Established disk diffusion breakpoints can be used with early reading. • Turnaround time is reduced by early disk zone reading.
ISSN:0924-8579
1872-7913
DOI:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.12.019