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. 1987 Sep;25(9):1753–1756. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.9.1753-1756.1987

Quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility test for Streptococcus pneumoniae using inoculum supplemented with whole defibrinated sheep blood.

R F D'Amato 1, J M Swenson 1, G A McKinley 1, L Hochstein 1, A A Wallman 1, D J Cleri 1, A J Mastellone 1, L Fredericks 1, L Gonzalez 1, D H Pincus 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC269321  PMID: 3654946

Abstract

The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommends the use of lysed horse blood-supplemented Mueller-Hinton broth for determining the quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae. This procedure may be difficult for laboratories using previously prepared or commercial MIC systems. Therefore, a study was undertaken to determine whether previously prepared microdilution trays containing Mueller-Hinton broth without blood could be used for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of S. pneumoniae by adding whole defibrinated sheep blood to the bacterial suspension used to inoculate the trays. The presence of alpha-hemolysis was used as an indicator of bacterial growth. One hundred isolates of S. pneumoniae selected to represent a distribution of susceptibility patterns were tested by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards method and the sheep blood-supplemented-inoculum method. Greater than 94% agreement between the two methods was achieved. The sheep-blood-supplemented-inoculum procedure was highly reproducible and easy to perform and provides an acceptable alternative for determining the MICs for S. pneumoniae for laboratories using previously prepared or commercial microdilution systems.

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