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. 1976 Dec;10(6):921–922. doi: 10.1128/aac.10.6.921

Procedure for Expediting Determinations of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Gram-Negative, Urinary Tract Pathogens

Dennis L Wegner a,1, Thomas R Neblett a
PMCID: PMC429867  PMID: 1008550

Abstract

Standardized direct disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing on monomicrobial urine specimens is compared with the Food and Drug Administration method. The direct procedure yields acceptable data and may conserve 24 h in reporting results.

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