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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1977 February; 11(2): 271-276
Copyright © 1977 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of the Performance Parameters of a Prediluted, Quantitative Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Device

^* University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06032
Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040

ABSTRACT

A multiwelled plastic strip containing prediluted antibiotics was tested. Antibiotics available at the time of testing included ampicillin, penicillin, methicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, and minocycline. The effects of inoculum size, inoculum volume, temperature, and time of incubation were determined. A limited clinical evaluation using laboratory strains of selected bacteria proved this product to be a rapid, economical, and reliable method for the determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration of antibiotics.