… was to evaluate the antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria by determining the MICs
of 11 anti-anaerobic drugs on a wide range of species. Thus, 463 anaerobes were collected in …

… of anaerobic bacteriology in the United States, we surveyed, … Ninety-eight percent processed
anaerobic culture specimens … and wound cultures for anaerobes and all used selective …

… To assess the status of clinical anaerobic bacteriology in the United States, we surveyed (by …
some degree of clinical anaerobic microbiology. Separate anaerobic blood culture bottles …

… and have variable or unique susceptibility patterns. Organisms that should be … patterns
have been monitored through national and local surveys, but susceptibility testing of anaerobic …

… antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) in anaerobes dates … 1993, as reported from a national
survey of 120 hospitals (US) … hospital survey of anaerobic culture and susceptibility testing …

… In recent years, the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of anaerobic bacteria seems
… to determine susceptibility patterns of anaerobic bacteria in Canada. The anaerobic strains …

… In such cases, it is helpful to know the predicted anaerobic susceptibility patterns based …
surveys of resistance trends among anaerobes vary in their quality and size. Resistance patterns …

… susceptibility of anaerobes in our country. The results were analysed in reference to the previous
surveys. … Table 2 compares the percentages of susceptible strains in this present survey …

… has been focused on anaerobic susceptibility testing, and … susceptibility testing of anaerobes
is generally not required" (33) despite a diminishing ability to predict susceptibility patterns. …

… patterns of anaerobes' susceptibility and resistance remain virtually inaccessible to laboratorians
and clinicians, except for those published surveys … unpredictable susceptibility patterns. …