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Revision of standards for adjusting the cation content of Mueller-Hinton broth for testing susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to aminoglycosides

1992; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.30.3.585-589.1992

1098-660X

A L Barry, L. Barth Reller, George H. Miller, John A. Washington, Fritz D. Schoenknect, Lance R. Peterson, R S Hare, C C Knapp,

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

A multilaboratory study was undertaken to reassess the amount of calcium and magnesium that should be added to Mueller-Hinton broth when testing Pseudomonas aeruginosa against amikacin, gentamicin, isepamicin, netilmicin, and tobramycin. To achieve parity with agar dilution tests, cation-adjusted broth should contain 20 to 25 mg of calcium and 10 to 12.5 mg of magnesium per liter rather than the 50- and 25-mg/liter supplements recommended previously. For quality control of tests with contemporary media, MIC control limits should be adjusted by lowering the current MIC limits by at least 1 doubling-dilution interval.