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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008 62(6):1463-1464; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn389
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Susceptibility testing of tigecycline against Acinetobacter spp. by disc diffusion method: withdrawing a therapeutic option by varying the Mueller–Hinton agar?

Liliana Fernandez Canigia1 and Carlos Bantar2,*

1 Laboratorio de Microbiología, Hospital Alemán, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Laboratorio Domingo I Nanni, Paraná, Argentina

* Correspondence address. Colón 128, 3100 Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina. Tel: +54-343-4310783; Fax: +54-343-4232340; E-mail: cbantar@arnet.com.ar

Keywords: tetracyclines , susceptibility tests , antimicrobial resistance

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Sir,

We read with interest the letter published by Thamlikitkul and Tiengrim.1 They found that the susceptibility of several Acinetobacter spp. isolates varied according to the commercial Mueller–Hinton agar (MHA) used in the disc diffusion test, probably as a consequence of the higher content of manganese in the Oxoid MHA, when compared with that from Becton-Dickinson. In fact, they have previously noted the lack of correlation between the disc . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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