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J Clin Microbiol
; 53(1): 298-301, 2015 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25355768
ABSTRACT
We compared Etest and disk diffusion to broth microdilution for the detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in 135 typhoidal and nontyphoidal serovars of Salmonella. Categorical agreements for the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin Etests were 89.6 and 83.7%, respectively. Disk diffusion categorical agreements were 88.2 and 93.3%, respectively. Only minor errors were observed.
Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Ciprofloxacin/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Levofloxacin/pharmacology , Salmonella enterica/drug effects , Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests , Humans , Salmonella Infections/microbiology
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J Clin Microbiol
; 52(12): 4394-7, 2014 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25297332
ABSTRACT
The performance of three research-use-only, dual HIV and syphilis rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) was evaluated for 150 patient serum samples and compared to reference HIV and Treponema pallidum antibody detection methods. The RDTs performed comparably, with sensitivities of 93 to 99% and specificities of 97 to 100%. The kappa statistic between the RDTs was 0.95.
