| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7646970 | Revue Francophone des Laboratoires | 2015 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
This paper covers some notions that are essential to a critical analysis of each of the main avalaible methods, particularly the agar diffusion method and the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) : principles of agar diffusion, how break-points are established, epidemiological cut-off, comparison and correlation diameters-MICs, key-parameters of the reliability of each of these methods, importance for the clinical categorization of the frequency and the repartition of the different resistotypes in the bacterial populations.
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Authors
François Jehl, Eterne Twizeyimana,