Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, Volume 1, Part 2

acid acid-fast aeruginosa agar plate aliquots amikacin aminoglycoside ampicillin anaerobic antimicrobial agents Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests Appendix ATCC aureus azlocillin bacteria biological safety cabinet blood breakpoint broth microdilution MIC CAMHB cefoxitin CFU/ml Clin clinical colonies concentration containing count verification plate culture dilution disk diffusion Dispense distilled water drug enterococci Etest expiration date flask gentamicin growth control Haemophilus identification imipenem incubation Indicate the expiration infections inhibition inoculated inoculum inoculum count verification inoculum preparation Interpretation isolates laboratory manufacturer's label McFarland 0.5 methicillin method MIC testing MIC trays Microbiol Microbiology microdilution tray Middlebrook Middlebrook 7H10 Mueller-Hinton mycobacteria NaCl NCCLS organisms oxacillin patient penicillin Perform pipette procedure QC strains reagent resistant room temperature screw-cap serum slant slide smear specimens ß-lactamase staphylococci sterile stock solution streptomycin subculture sulfonamides SUPPLEMENT susceptibility testing suspension swab trimethoprim tube tuberculosis turbidity standard vancomycin vial Villanova yeast zone µg/ml