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AN OPTIMAL ZONE OF METHICILLIN ACTIVITY WITH STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
Author(s) -
Annear D. I.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb106536.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus epidermidis , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , incubation , dilution , agar dilution , agar dilution method , staphylococcus , staphylococcus aureus , micrococcaceae , agar plate , chemistry , biology , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , physics , biochemistry , genetics , thermodynamics
Methicillin has been found to have zones of optimal activity for several but not all of a small number of isolates tested of Staphylococcus epidermidis. The zones have been demonstrated in agar dilution studies and by agar diffusion methods and have been markedly modified by the medium used and the incubation temperature of the tests.