Background: Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to patients suffering from
infectious diseases. Early readings of antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) results could be of …

Objectives In clinical microbiology, some instruments are able to automatically read
inhibition zone diameters for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) performed by the disc …

Background We investigated the feasibility of rapid disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility
testing (rAST) with reading of inhibition zones after 6 and/or 8 h of incubation for …

Quality assurance is essential to ensure the quality of antimicrobial susceptibility tests by
diffusion methods. Routine internal quality control testing with a range of control strains is a …

Objectives Disc diffusion is still largely based on manual procedures. Technical variations
originate from inoculum preparation, variations in materials, individual operator plate …

Disk diffusion is a slow but reliable standard method for measuring the antimicrobial
susceptibility of microorganisms. Our objective was to improve the turnaround time for this …

Background In principle, automated systems allow rapid reading of disc diffusion AST (rAST)
within 6–8 h. Objectives This study analysed whether rAST can discriminate resistance …

The standard incubation time for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) by disk diffusion is
primarily based on laboratory working hours rather than growth and kill characteristics of …

Objectives Antimicrobial resistance rates are continuously increasing, driving the need for
rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) results, especially in the treatment of …

The disc diffusion test is used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing worldwide. In this study,
the performance of both Bio-Rad® antibiotic discs (as compared with Oxoid® discs) and the …