Sir, Recently, EUCAST developed a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) method for direct use on positive blood culture (BC) samples, which relies on EUCAST standard disc diffusion (DD) methodology and allows inhibition zone reading within 4–8 h of BC positivity.We herein report on EUCAST RAST results for BCs consecutively collected between June 2019 and December 2019 that contained E. coli (n = 134)or K. pneumoniae (n = 66) isolates.
Cortazzo, V., Giordano, L., D'Inzeo, T., Fiori, B., Brigante, G., Luzzaro, F., Liotti, F. M., Menchinelli, G., Sanguinetti, M., Spanu, T., Posteraro, B., EUCAST rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of blood cultures positive for Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae: experience of three laboratories in Italy, <<JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY>>, 2021; 76 (4): 1110-1112. [doi:10.1093/jac/dkaa554] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/179184]
EUCAST rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of blood cultures positive for Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae: experience of three laboratories in Italy
Cortazzo, VenerePrimo
;Giordano, LilianaSecondo
;D'Inzeo, Tiziana;Fiori, B.;Liotti, Flora Marzia;Menchinelli, Giulia;Sanguinetti, Maurizio
;Spanu, TeresaPenultimo
;Posteraro, BrunellaUltimo
2021
Abstract
Sir, Recently, EUCAST developed a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) method for direct use on positive blood culture (BC) samples, which relies on EUCAST standard disc diffusion (DD) methodology and allows inhibition zone reading within 4–8 h of BC positivity.We herein report on EUCAST RAST results for BCs consecutively collected between June 2019 and December 2019 that contained E. coli (n = 134)or K. pneumoniae (n = 66) isolates.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.