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Section 9: Mycobacteriology and Antimycobacterial Susceptibility Testing
9.7 Susceptibility Testing by Liquid Media Methods
Last Updated:2023
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9.7.1 BACTEC MGIT SIRE—Nonradiometric Susceptibility Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
The BACTEC MGIT SIRE kit is a nonradiometric antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) system for testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis from isolated culture. It provides susceptibility results for streptomycin (STR), isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), and ...
9.7.2 BACTEC MGIT Pyrazinamide (PZA)—Nonradiometric Susceptibility Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA kit is a nonradiometric antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) system for testing Mycobacterium tuberculosis from isolated culture against pyrazinamide (PZA). The BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA medium contains…
9.7.3 VersaTREK—Indirect Susceptibility Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The VersaTREK automated microbial detection system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) has been adapted for the performance of antimycobacterial susceptibility testing to the first‐line agents rifampin (RIF), isoniazid(INH)…
Section Editor: Nancy L. Wengenack
Editors in Chief: Amy L. Leber and Carey-Ann D. Burnham
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