Abstract
The validity of the class representative concept for in vitro susceptibility testing of older cephalosporins was reevaluated. Two oral cephalosporins, cephalexin and cefaclor, were compared with the established cephalosporin class representative, cephalothin, by using reference microdilution minimal inhibitory concentrations of 528 isolates of a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial pathogens. For each comparison, there were only 15 (2.8%) random major and very major interpretive discrepancies. Additional comparisons confirmed the need to test second-generation (cefamandole) and third-generation (cefotaxime) cephalosporins separately. These results provide reasonable assurance that the use of cephalothin as an in vitro predictor of qualitative bacterial susceptibility to these two oral cephalosporins remains an acceptable alternative to testing each antibiotic individually.
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