EVALUATION OF THE ETEST FOR RAPID SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM TO CLARITHROMYCIN

Authors
LEBRUN L ONODY C VINCENT V NORDMANN P
Citation
L. Lebrun et al., EVALUATION OF THE ETEST FOR RAPID SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM TO CLARITHROMYCIN, Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 37(5), 1996, pp. 999-1003
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057453
Volume
37
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
999 - 1003
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7453(1996)37:5<999:EOTEFR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
MICs of clarithromycin were determined by the Etest method for thirty clinical strains of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and compared wit h MICs results as determined by the reference agar dilution method. Ag reement (within +/-1 log(2) dilution) between the Etest and the refere nce method was 70% for susceptible strains and 100% for resistant stra ins. No major errors resulting in misclassification in susceptibility or resistance categories were detected for the Etest MIC method. It is suggested that the Etest is easy to perform and is an accurate method for determining susceptibility of MAC strains to clarithromycin.