Antimicrobial susceptibility testing EUCAST disk diffusion method
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing EUCAST disk diffusion method
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing EUCAST disk diffusion method
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Contents<br />
Page<br />
Abbreviations and Terminology<br />
1 Introduction 4<br />
2 Preparation of media 5<br />
3 Preparation of inoculum 6<br />
4 Inoculation of agar plates 8<br />
5 Application of antimicrobial <strong>disk</strong>s 9<br />
6 Incubation of plates 10<br />
7 Examination of plates after incubation 11<br />
8 Measurement of zones and interpretation of <strong>susceptibility</strong> 12<br />
9 Quality control 13<br />
Document amendments<br />
Version Amendment Date<br />
1.0 First edition December 18, 2009<br />
<strong>EUCAST</strong> Disk Diffusion Method for <strong>Antimicrobial</strong> Susceptibility Testing ‐ Version 1.0 (Dec 2009)<br />
www.eucast.org<br />
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