Calcium-supplemented daptomycin Etest strips for susceptibility testing on Iso-Sensitest agar | Zendy

Alan P. Johnson | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Calcium-supplemented daptomycin Etest strips for susceptibility testing on Iso-Sensitest agar

Author(s) -

Alan P. Johnson

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh198

Subject(s) - daptomycin , etest , agar , calcium , medicine , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , vancomycin , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics

Iso-Sensitest agar (ISA), which is recommended by the BSAC for routine susceptibility testing of staphylococci and enterococci, contains insufficient calcium for testing daptomycin. Isotonic agar supplemented with 50 mg/L calcium has been advocated, but is not routinely available in many laboratories. We evaluated a daptomycin Etest that incorporates a constant level of calcium throughout the daptomycin gradient, designed to give an appropriate concentration around the strip during testing, as an alternative for susceptibility testing on ISA.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research