The performance of the BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System (BD Diagnostic
Systems) was compared to those of the Vitek 2 (bioMérieux), the MicroScan MICroSTREP …

ABSTRACT The Phoenix system (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems, Sparks, MD) was
evaluated for identification (ID) to the species level of streptococci and enterococci. Two …

This chapter summarizes key considerations for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of
fastidious and infrequently isolated bacteria. Up‐to‐date data on the global incidence of …

Commercial antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) systems were introduced into clinical
microbiology laboratories during the 1980s and have been used in the majority of …

It is important to monitor β-lactam antimicrobial nonsusceptibility trends for Streptococcus
pneumoniae to inform empirical treatment guidelines. In this study, we describe penicillin …

Both the CLSI agar dilution method and Trek Sensititre broth microdilution panel for
Streptococcus pneumoniae antimicrobial susceptibility testing were evaluated against the …

The Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial (TEST) was initiated in 2004 to
longitudinally monitor the activity of the broad-spectrum glycylcycline antimicrobial …

Objective: Disk diffusion and broth dilution assays are conventionally used for antimicrobial
susceptibility testing (AST) of bacteria. The goal of this study was to determine the …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) can be performed by four basic methods: disk
diffusion, broth dilution, agar dilution, and gradient diffusion. The authors recognize that …

A total of 300 isolates of Aeromonas Hydrophila isolated from water and stool samples were
tested using the Vitek 2 system, disk diffusion, MicroScan Walkaway and E-test for …