Quality control of individual components used in Middlebrook 7H10 medium for mycobacterial susceptibility testing.
AUTOR(ES)
Guthertz, L S
RESUMO
The acceptability of different lots of commercial components which constitute our basal medium for susceptibility testing of mycobacteria was evaluated. The basal medium consisted of Middlebrook 7H10 agar supplemented with 10% oleic acid-albumin-dextrose-catalase and 0.5% glycerol. Studies were performed by using three separate microbiologic assays, and results were compared with parallel tests on previously standardized and acceptable lots of media. Components were rejected if comparison with standardized medium showed a major change in growth support or susceptibility status of any reference strain to any antimicrobial agent tested. Of the components tested in such a manner, 7 of 23 (30%) lots of 10% oleic acid-albumin-dextrose-catalase, 2 of 13 (15%) lots of Middlebrook 7H10 agar, and 0 of 5 lots of glycerol were found to be unacceptable. This study demonstrates that individual lots of components of this basal medium may vary significantly in their suitability for susceptibility testing, and failure to detect such variation may dramatically affect susceptibility profiles.
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