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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Abbreviations and terminology<br />
ATCC<br />
BLNAR<br />
CCUG<br />
CIP<br />
DSM<br />
ESBL<br />
<strong>EUCAST</strong><br />
MH<br />
American Type Culture Collection<br />
http://www.atcc.org<br />
ß-Lactamase negative, ampicillin resistant<br />
Culture Collection Universtity of Göteborg<br />
http://www.ccug.se<br />
Collection de Institut Pasteur<br />
http://www.cabri.org/CABRI/srs-doc/cip_bact.info.html<br />
Bacterial cultures from Deutsche Stammsammlung für Mikroorganismen und<br />
Zellkulturen (DSMZ) have DSM numbers<br />
http://www.dsmz.de/index.htm<br />
Extended spectrum β-lactamase<br />
European Committee on <strong>Antimicrobial</strong> Susceptibility Testing<br />
http://www.eucast.org<br />
Mueller-Hinton agar<br />
MH-F Mueller-Hinton agar -fastidious organisms (MH supplemented with 5%<br />
defibrinated horse blood and 20 mg/L β-NAD)<br />
MRSA<br />
NCTC<br />
ß-NAD<br />
Saline<br />
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (with mecA gene)<br />
National Collection of Type Cultures<br />
http://www.hpacultures.org.uk<br />
ß-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide<br />
A solution of 0.85% NaCl in water<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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