Method and apparatus for testing MAI (mycobacterium avium-intracellulare) for antimicrobial agent sensitivity
AssigneeInfectech, Inc.
InventorRobert A. Ollar
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining the sensitivity of MAI to different antimicrobial agents and dosages thereof is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of test tubes adapted to contain an amount of an antimicrobial agent to be tested and MAI complex organisms to be assayed and a separate paraffin coated slide adapted for placement in each of the test tubes. The growth of the MAI complex organisms on the slide can be used to determine the concentration of the antimicrobial agent necessary to resist MAI complex organism growth on the slide. An associated method is also disclosed.
Claims7
A method of testing the sensitivity of MAI complex organisms to different antimicrobial agents and dosage concentrations thereof comprising:
- providing a plurality of test tubes each containing an amount of an antimicrobial agent to be tested and MAI complex organisms to be assayed;
- placing into each of said test tubes a separate paraffin coated slide;
- incubating said test tubes;
- and
- observing said MAI complex organism growth on said slides at discrete time intervals, whereby the minimum inhibitory concentration of said antimicrobial agent necessary to resist said MAI complex organism growth on said slides can be determined.
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