Evaluation of the EUCAST disc diffusion susceptibility testing method for Haemophilus influenzae based on the resistance mechanism to -lactam antibiotics | Zendy

Silvia García-Cobos | Zendy; Margarita Arroyo | Zendy; Marı́a Pérez-Vázquez | Zendy; Belén Aracil | Zendy; Jesús Oteo | Zendy; José Campos | Zendy

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Evaluation of the EUCAST disc diffusion susceptibility testing method for Haemophilus influenzae based on the resistance mechanism to -lactam antibiotics

Author(s) -

Silvia García-Cobos,

Margarita Arroyo,

Marı́a Pérez-Vázquez,

Belén Aracil,

Jesús Oteo,

José Campos

Publication year - 2012

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/dks374

Subject(s) - cefoxitin , haemophilus influenzae , clavulanic acid , etest , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , amoxicillin , ampicillin , biology , cefuroxime , cephalosporin , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus

EUCAST developed an antibiotic susceptibility testing method for Haemophilus influenzae. We assessed the EUCAST testing method and EUCAST clinical breakpoints and newly proposed epidemiological cut-off values against H. influenzae clinical isolates with known molecular mechanisms of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics.

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