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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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