Comparison of Etest and agar dilution method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Flavobacterium isolates.

AUTOR(ES)

Hsueh, P R

RESUMO

The Etest was evaluated as a possible alternative to the standard agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of nine antimicrobial agents against Flavobacterium species. In studies of 100 clinical isolates, the agreement between the MICs (+/-1 log2 dilution) obtained by the two methods was acceptable for cefotaxime, ceftazidime, amikacin, minocycline, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin (> 90%). Conversely, the agreement between the results obtained for piperacillin was limited (84%). The overall agreement was 92.5%.

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