Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter spp. by the agar dilution and the agar disk diffusion methods

Taradon Luangtongkum; Teresa Y Morishita; Amna B El-Tayeb; Aaron J Ison; Qijing Zhang

doi:10.1128/JCM.00986-06

Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter spp. by the agar dilution and the agar disk diffusion methods

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Feb;45(2):590-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00986-06. Epub 2006 Nov 22.

Authors

Taradon Luangtongkum¹, Teresa Y Morishita, Amna B El-Tayeb, Aaron J Ison, Qijing Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.

Abstract

The correlation and the level of agreement between the standardized agar dilution and the agar disk diffusion methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter were investigated. A high-level agreement between the two methods was evident for aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones, while a low-level agreement was observed for other antibiotics.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Agar
Aminoglycosides / pharmacology
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Campylobacter / classification
Campylobacter / drug effects*
Culture Media
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
Poultry / microbiology

Substances

Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Culture Media
Fluoroquinolones
Agar