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Synergy testing by Etest, microdilution checkerboard, and time-kill methods for pan-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2010
Sopirala Madhuri M, Mangino Julie E, Gebreyes Wondwossen A, Biller Beth, Bannerman Tammy, Balada-Llasat Joan-Miquel, Pancholi Preeti
Abstract excerpt
Pan-drug-resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that poses therapeutic challenges. Tigecycline alone or in combination with agents such as colestimethate, imipenem, and/or amikacin is being used clinically to treat PDR A. baumannii infections. The purpose of this study was to compare in vitro susceptibility testing by epsilometric (Etest) methods and the checkerboard (CB)...
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