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Comparative Study
. 1996 Jun;34(6):1546-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1546-1547.1996.

Discrepancies between results by E-test and standard microbroth dilution testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae for susceptibility to vancomycin

F B Hashemi  1 , G E Schutze, E O Mason Jr
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Comparative Study

Discrepancies between results by E-test and standard microbroth dilution testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae for susceptibility to vancomycin

F B Hashemi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Jun.

Abstract

Vancomycin susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by the E-test consistently resulted in MICs that were at the upper limit of the 1-microgram/ml susceptible category defined by current National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines and were always higher than MICs obtained by microbroth dilution. Three of five E-test results for S. pneumoniae ATCC 49619 were higher than the acceptable limits.

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