Affiliation:
1. Diagnostic Service, Department of Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032
Abstract
Careful studies of the antibiotic susceptibilities of mixtures of bacteria likely to be encountered in clinical cultures have shown that the results obtained are completely unreliable. Mixtures of resistant and sensitive species appeared either as “resistant” or “sensitive” depending upon the organisms and the drug. A number of sensitive species gave reactions interpreted as resistant when tested in combination. Since reactions of bacterial mixtures are completely unpredictable, the authors emphasize that antibiotic susceptibility testing be limited to pure cultures.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
Reference1 articles.
1. The effects of four antimicrobial drug regimens on sputum superinfection in hospitalized patients;Louria D. B.;Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis.,1962
Cited by
18 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献