CLSI M45 P : 1ED 2005

Name: CLSI M45 P : 1ED 2005
Brand: CLSI

Superseded

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METHODS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL DILUTION AND DISK SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF INFREQUENTLY ISOLATED OR FASTIDIOUS BACTERIA

Superseded date

30-05-2006

Published date

12-01-2013

Publisher

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

Abstract
Committee Membership
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Introduction
3 Standard Precautions
4 Definitions
5 Indications for Performing Susceptibility Tests
6 Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility
   Testing of Infrequently Isolated or Fastidious
   Bacteria
   6.1 Selection of Antimicrobial Agents
   6.2 Antimicrobial Agents
   6.3 Interpretive Categories
7 Methods for Antimicrobial Disk Diffusion Susceptibility
   Testing of Infrequently Isolated or Fastidious Bacteria
8 Therapy-Related Comments
9 Quality Control
   9.1 Minimum Laboratory Requirements for Testing
       Infrequently Isolated or Fastidious Bacteria
10 Detection of Resistance to Some Beta-Lactams by a Direct
   Beta-Lactamase Test
References
Tables
Additional References
The Quality System Approach
Related CLSI/NCCLS Publications

Provides the guidance to clinical microbiology laboratories for standardized susceptibility testing of infrequently isolated or fastidious bacteria that are not presently included in CLSI/NCCLS documents M2, M7, or M11.

DocumentType	Proposed Guideline
PublisherName	Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	CLSI M45 A : 1ED 2006

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