DETECTION OF CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE IN HAEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE

被引:4
作者
SNELL, JJS [1 ]
PERRY, SF [1 ]
BROWN, DFJ [1 ]
机构
[1] ADDENBROOKES HOSP,CLIN MICROBIOL & PUBL HLTH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QQ,ENGLAND
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10.1136/jcp.44.1.77
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R36 [病理学];
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100104 ;
摘要
An average of 358 (13%) of United Kingdom laboratories failed to detect resistance to chloramphenicol in strains of Haemophilus influenzae distributed by the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Microbiology. Clear associations between methods used and results obtained show that error rates are minimised by the use of low content (10 mu-g) disc and a sensitive control strain of H influenzae.
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