Minimum inhibitory concentration testing of antibiotics (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 436 and 460. 1987)

antimicrobial susceptibility quality control with seven veterinary antimicrobials (Marshall, S.A., Jones, R.N., Wanger, A., Washington, J.A., Doern, G.V., Leber, A.L., Haugen, T.H. 1996. Proposed MIC quality control quidelines for National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards susceptibility tests using seven veterinary antimicrobial agents: ceftiofur, enterofloxacin, florfenicol, penicillin G-novobiocin, pirlimycin, premafloxacin, spectinomycin. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34 : 2027-2029.; Odland, B.A., Erwin, M.E., Jones, R.N. 2000. Quality control guidelines for disk diffusion and broth microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests with seven drugs for veterinary applications. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38 : 453-455.)

recommended reference strain for methicillin susceptibility testing (Louie, L., Matsumura, S.O., Choi, E., Louie, M., Simor, A.E. 2000. Evaluation of three rapid methods for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38 : 2170-2173.) ID checked by 16S sequencing