| No. of labs |
---|---|
Test interpretation according to guidelines | |
 EUCAST | 19 |
 mixeda | 2 |
Type of susceptibility test used | |
 MIC gradient strips | 20 |
 MIC gradient strips/disc diffusionb | 1 |
 Agar dilutionc | 1 |
MIC gradient strip manufacturer | |
 Biomerieux | 4 |
 Liofilchem | 10 |
 Oxoid | 1 |
 mixedd | 1 |
 no information provided | 5 |
Agar base | |
 GC chocolatised blood agar | 9 |
 Mueller-Hinton chocolatised blood agar | 3 |
 Mueller-Hinton fastidious (MH-F) | 6 |
 Selective agar | 2 |
 No clear information provided | 1 |
Incubation CO2 concentration | |
 3% | 2 |
 5% | 19 |
Incubation temperature | |
 35 °C | 6 |
 36 °C | 13 |
 37 °C | 2 |
Incubation humidity | |
 50% | 4 |
 60% | 2 |
 70% | 4 |
 80% | 1 |
 90% | 7 |
 100% | 3 |
Incubation time until MIC reading | |
 16 h | 1 |
 19 h | 1 |
 20 h | 5 |
 22 h | 2 |
 24 h | 12 |