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. 1979 Jan;15(1):140–141. doi: 10.1128/aac.15.1.140

Interpretive Criteria for Cefamandole and Cephalothin Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Tests

A L Barry 1, F D Schoenknecht 2, S Shadomy 3, J C Sherris 4, C Thornsberry 5, J A Washington 6, R B Kammer 7
PMCID: PMC352615  PMID: 106770

Abstract

A multi-center study of 1,838 clinical isolates established the accuracy of diffusion susceptibility tests with 30-μg cephalothin disks and 30-μg cefamandole disks. The same interpretive zone standards can be applied to tests with either disk but the two drugs cannot be tested interchangeably.

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