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. 1979 Aug;16(2):164–166. doi: 10.1128/aac.16.2.164

Diffusion Disk Susceptibility Testing with Cefotaxime

Nalinee Aswapokee 1, Prasit Aswapokee 1, Harold C Neu 1, Kwung P Fu 1
PMCID: PMC352814  PMID: 114106

Abstract

The diffusion disk susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to cefotaxime was determined. A 30-μg disk provided data for the susceptibility of P. aeruginosa, but yielded extremely large zones of inhibition against Enterobacteriaceae. A 5-μg disk seemed to provide the most useful susceptibility data for S. aureus and Enterobacteriaceae.

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