| Literature DB >> 28468856 |
Thea Brennan-Krohn1,2, Kenneth P Smith1, James E Kirby3.
Abstract
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a fundamental mission of the clinical microbiology laboratory. Reference AST methods are based on bacterial growth in antibiotic doubling dilution series, which means that any error in the reference method inherently represents at least a 2-fold difference. We describe the origins of current AST reference methodology, highlight the sources of AST variability, and propose ideas for improving AST predictive power.Keywords: antimicrobial activity; minimal inhibitory concentration; precision; susceptibility testing
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28468856 PMCID: PMC5527407 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00511-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948