disk-diffusion method

Objective. To develop criteria for the interpretation and quality assurance of the results of susceptibility testing of Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa to cefepime-sulbactam. Materials and Methods. The study included 1035 clinical Enterobacterales isolates and 407 P. aeruginosa isolated in 2023 from hospitalized patients with nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Determination of cefepime and cefepime-sulbactam MICs was performed by broth microdilution method in Mueller-Hinton II broth in accordance with ISO 20776 1:2019.

This study was aimed to determine isolation rate of H. pylori from gastric mucosal biopsies in 869 patients with chronic gastritis and gastric peptic ulcers in Republic of Tatarstan during the 2008–2013. A total of 45.5% of gastric biopsy samples …

Purpose of the study. From 2003 till 2008 eight research centers in Russia from Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Smolensk took part in ARTEMIS Disk study, the main purpose of which was the monitoring of epidemiology of candidiasis causative agents and resistance of the clinically significant Results. A total of 10,652 strains were tested during the period of 5 years. The main sources of clinical material were: genital (36.

The approach to administration of antimicrobials is often based on the results of microbiological studies that include microorganism isolation, identification and, most important, susceptibility testing. Majority of microbiological laboratories in …