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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4283-4287, Vol. 39, No. 12
Division of Animal and Food Microbiology,
Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Laurel, Maryland1; The Clinical
Microbiology Institute, Wilsonville, Oregon2;
The Jones Group/JMI Laboratories, North Liberty,
Iowa3; Department of Medicine, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan4;
MRL Pharmaceutical Services, Brentwood,
Tennessee5; and Department of Veterinary
Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana6
Received 6 June 2001/Accepted 17 September 2001
Quality control (QC) standards for the in vitro antimicrobial
susceptibility testing of two fastidious veterinary pathogens, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Haemophilus
somnus, were developed in a multilaboratory study according to
procedures established by the National Committee for Clinical
Laboratory Standards for broth microdilution and disk diffusion
testing. The medium recommended for the broth microdilution testing is
cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton broth supplemented with 2% lysed horse
blood, 2% yeast extract, and 2% supplement C. This medium has been
designated veterinary fastidious medium. The medium recommended for the
disk diffusion testing is chocolate Mueller-Hinton agar. The
recommended QC organisms are A. pleuropneumoniae ATCC 27090 and H. somnus ATCC 700025. The QC MICs of ceftiofur,
enrofloxacin, florfenicol, gentamicin, penicillin, tetracycline,
tilmicosin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were determined for each
isolate, as were the zone size ranges. Of the results from the
participating laboratories, 94.0% of the zone diameter results and
97.0% of the MIC results fell within the suggested QC ranges for all
compounds. These QC guidelines should allow greater accuracy in
interpreting results when testing these antimicrobial agents against
fastidious pathogens.
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4283-4287.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Standardization of Broth Microdilution and Disk
Diffusion Susceptibility Tests for Actinobacillus
pleuropneumoniae and Haemophilus somnus: Quality
Control Standards for Ceftiofur, Enrofloxacin, Florfenicol, Gentamicin,
Penicillin, Tetracycline, Tilmicosin, and
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, HFV530, Laurel, MD
20708. Phone: (301) 827-8019. Fax: (301) 827-8250. E-mail: rwalker{at}cvm.fda.gov.
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