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ArticleAccess microbiology2020

Gradient diffusion susceptibility testing for

Michaël Desjardins, Brigitte Lefebvre, Christian Lavallée, Annie-Claude Labbé, Florian Mauffrey, Irene Martin, Jean Longtin, Claude Fortin

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Article in Access microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Michaël DesjardinsDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Brigitte LefebvreLaboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Montréal, Canada.
Christian LavalléeDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-8666
Annie-Claude LabbéDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Florian MauffreyLaboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Montréal, Canada.
Irene MartinNational Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Canada.
Jean LongtinDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Claude FortinDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-3093

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe correlation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) between agar dilution and gradient diffusion for

aimThe objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of gradient diffusion for

methodsFifty strains of

resultsEssential and categorical agreement were over 90 % for CRO, CFX and AZT on the two commercial agar media tested. Category disagreements were seen for CFX and AZT, mostly just very major errors. For TET, EA ranged from 80 to 96 % and CA ranged from 38 to 76 %, most of the misclassifications being minor errors. Finally, EA for FOS ranged between 80 and 98 %.

conclusionGradient diffusion is an accurate and acceptable alternative for CRO, CFX and AZT. Caution is advised when MICs are reported by gradient diffusion approach breakpoints because of the possibility of very major errors. The use of gradient diffusion is limited for TET because of the high rate of minor errors.

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antimicrobial susceptibility testinggradient diffusionNeisseria gonorrhoeae

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PMID32974579
PMCPMC7494190

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