Optochin Revisited: Defining the Optimal Type of Blood Agar for Presumptive Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae

To determine the optimal media for optochin susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae, we measured inhibition zones for 72 S. pneumoniae and 22 Streptococcus viridans isolates on three blood-containing media. Because 15.3, 0, and 22.2% of S. pneumoniae organisms were misidentified on Columb...

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Pubblicato in:	J Clin Microbiol
Autori principali:	Gardam, M. A., Miller, M. A.
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1998
Soggetti:	Bacteriology
Accesso online:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC104639/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9508326/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.3.833-834.1998
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