Susceptibility Testing for the Polymyxins: Two Steps Back, Three Steps Forward?

• Main Author: Vasoo, Shawn
• Other Authors: Munson, Erik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Polymyxin; Susceptibility Testing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87252; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44372
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optimizing and standardizing susceptibility testing for the polymyxins have become pressing issues, given the rise in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Recently, both the CLSI and EUCAST have recommended broth microdilution (BMD) (without polysorbate) as the reference method for polymyxin s...