Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由LBReller著作·2009·被引用1538次—Animportanttaskoftheclinicalmicrobiologylaboratoryistheperformanceofantimicrobialsusceptibilitytestingofsignificantbacterialisolates.Thegoalsof ...

An important task of the clinical microbiology laboratory is the performance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of significant bacterial isolates. The goals of testing are to detect possible drug resistance in common pathogens and to assure susceptibility to drugs of choice for particular infections. The most widely used testing methods include broth microdilution or rapid automated instrument methods that use commercially marketed materials and devices. Manual methods that provide flexibility and possible cost savings include the disk diffusion and gradient diffusion methods. Each method has strengths and weaknesses, including organisms that may be accurately tested by the method. Some methods provide quantitative results (eg, minimum inhibitory concentration), and all provide qualitative assessments using the categories susceptible, interm...