Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1999) 43, 314-315
© 1999 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Sensitivity testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ciprofloxacin: comparison of the modified Stokes' method with MIC results obtained by the Etest
J Antimicrob Chemother1999; 43: 314315
a Public Health Laboratory, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE; b Department of Microbiology, Hexham General Hospital, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 1QJ, UK
Sir,
Gosden et al. reported on the comparison of the modified Stokes' method with
the results of MIC testing by an agar incorporation method.
1 We would like to report our experience of a similar
comparison with Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, comparing the modified
Stokes' method with the MIC result obtained by the Etest. Evaluation of the Etest
for antimicrobial sensitivity testing of P. aeruginosa isolates to ciprofloxacin has been
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