Ronald N. Jones

Quality Control Guidelines for Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Tests with Nonsupplemented Mueller-Hinton Agar (CLSI M51-A Document) for Nondermatophyte Filamentous Fungi

ABSTRACT Although Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) disk diffusion assay standard conditions are available for susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi (mold...

Accuracy of Three Automated Systems (MicroScan WalkAway, VITEK, and VITEK 2) for Susceptibility Testing of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> against Five Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactam Agents

ABSTRACT One hundred recent clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were used to assess the quantitative (MIC) and qualitative (susceptibility category) accuracies of the Micro...

Comparison of Dalbavancin MIC Values Determined by Etest (AB BIODISK) and Reference Dilution Methods Using Gram-Positive Organisms

ABSTRACT While standardized microdilution testing methodologies and quality control ranges exist for the novel glycolipopeptide dalbavancin, no testing methods have been describ...

Comparative assessment of Etest for testing susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to penicillin, tetracycline, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, and ciprofloxacin: investigation using 510(k) review criteria, recommended by the Food and Drug Administration

We evaluated the ability of the Etest (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) method to accurately and reproducibly determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. One ...

Reproducibility of daptomycin MIC results using dry-form commercial trays with appropriate supplemental calcium content