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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1999) 44, 717-718
© 1999 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Disc susceptibility testing of staphylococci-implications for the BSAC standardized method

J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44: 717–718

John D. Perry*, Lynne A. Butterworth, Gavin Riley and F. Kate Gould

Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK

Sir,

Successful treatment of infections caused by staphylococci can be particularly challenging, especially if the causative organism is multiply resistant.1 Alternatives to ‘standard’ therapy have to be sought,2 and in most laboratories the initial screening test for an appropriate agent is by the disc diffusion method.

The proposal for a standardized method for disc susceptibility testing by the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Therapy3 is welcome and should eventually lead to an improvement in the quality of laboratory results. A major limitation of the scheme at present is the lack of data for many organism/antibiotic combinations and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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