Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing(DD) & Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance

334 Pages·2011·21.95 MB·English

by  Dr. Babak Valizadeh

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Disk Diffusion &

Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance

Babak Valizadeh ,
DCLS
[email protected]
1389 / 07 / 08
2010.09.30
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CLSI
2006 – 2010

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

CLSI : Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CLSI (2005) , formerly NCCLS (2004)
NCCLS :National Committee for Clinical Laboratory

Standards
 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) vs. Antibiogram

Susceptible vs. Sensitive

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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Proposed definitions of MDR/XDR/PDR bacteria

MDR : Multidrug Resistant Bacteria

XDR : Extensively Drug Resistant Bacteria

PDR : Pan Drug Resistant Bacteria
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Automated System

 Automated bacterial identification and Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
(ID/AST) system

 High-Quality MIC & Extended MIC ranges

 VITEK® 2 –bioMérieux

 Microscan-Dade

 Phoenix - BD

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