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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2005, p. 140-143, Vol. 43, No. 1
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.140-143.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Synergy Tests by E Test and Checkerboard Methods of Antimicrobial Combinations against Brucella melitensis

Gani Orhan, Aysen Bayram,* Yasemin Zer, and Iclal Balci

Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Gaziantep, Turkey

Received 20 June 2004/ Returned for modification 12 July 2004/ Accepted 25 August 2004

Two different synergy testing methods, the checkerboard and the E test methods, were used to compare the in vitro efficacies of various antimicrobial combinations against 16 Brucella melitensis strains isolated from blood cultures. The rate of agreement of the E test and checkerboard methods was found to be 55%. The most concordant results were found for the streptomycin-doxycycline combination in 12 (75%) tests, in which four strains showed synergistic activity by E test and antagonistic activity by the checkerboard method and in which one strain showed antagonistic activity by both methods. Even though each of these methods uses different conditions and endpoints, the results of both methods frequently agreed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Universite Bulvari, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey. Phone: 90 342 3606060. Fax: 90 342 3601617. E-mail: aysenbayram{at}hotmail.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2005, p. 140-143, Vol. 43, No. 1
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.140-143.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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