Maintain a low moisture environment when storing AST products for manual Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Replacement Desiccant (Dispenser).
The Oxoid Replacement Desiccant fits both the Oxoid 8- and 12-position antimicrobial susceptibility disc dispensers.
One of the simplest and most widely used methods for susceptibility testing, disc diffusion is extremely flexible, offering a wide variety of antibiotics and concentrations which can easily be changed as required. Disc diffusion not only categorises resistant, intermediate and sensitive organisms through quantitative results but also provides a visual indication of the following:
- Inoculum level
- Presence of contamination
- Resistant mutants
- Beta-lactamase activity
- Antagonism and synergy between antibiotics
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