Abstract
The MIDITECH colorimetric susceptibility test with automated reading is a modification of the standard broth microdilution method that uses a 3-(4,5-dimetylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) dye for detecting viable bacteria. The method can be applied to non-fastidious aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, staphylococci and Enterococcus faecalis. To assess the reliability of this method, we compared susceptibility data obtained by this test with standard NCCLS microdilution assay results. For this purpose, 15 antibiotics and a well characterized set of 527 Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial isolates collected and stored at the Division of Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy (Vienna General Hospital, Austria), yielding 5751 organism-antibiotic combinations, were analysed in duplicate. The overall essential agreement (+/-1 log(2) dilution) between the MIDITECH and NCCLS methods was 96.18 +/- 0.67%. The colorimetric assay compared with the reference method produced MICs < or = 2 log(2) dilutions and > or = 2 log(2) dilutions in 2.34% and 1.48% comparisons, respectively. For 326 Gram-negative bacteria, the absolute interpretative agreement of both methods ranged from 87.12% for ampicillin-sulbactam to 99.85% for...Continue Reading
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