Open AccessPerformance of Etest and Disk Diffusion for Detection of Ciprofloxacin and Levofloxacin Resistance in Salmonella enterica
Author(s) -
Eszter Deák,
Janet A. Hindler,
Robert Skov,
Maria Sjölund-Karlsson,
Anita Sokovic,
Romney M. Humphries
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02715-14
Subject(s) - etest , ciprofloxacin , salmonella enterica , levofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , broth microdilution , salmonella , serotype , medicine , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , minimum inhibitory concentration , genetics
We compared Etest and disk diffusion to broth microdilution for the detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in 135 typhoidal and nontyphoidal serovars of Salmonella. Categorical agreements for the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin Etests were 89.6 and 83.7%, respectively. Disk diffusion categorical agreements were 88.2 and 93.3%, respectively. Only minor errors were observed.
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