Although imipenem has in vitro activity against Enterococcus faecalis and Food and Drug Administration-approved indications for treatment of infections caused by this microorganism, there are no NCCLS guidelines for susceptibility testing of imipenem versus enterococci. Therefore, the in vitro activities of penicillin, ampicillin, imipenem, and vancomycin against 201 blood isolates of E. faecal...

An international collaborative study on serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of eight Salmonella enterica strains was performed to enhance the capacity of national and regional reference laboratories in WHO Global Salm-Surv to conduct Salmonella serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. A total of 103 laboratories in 60 countries participated. For serotyping, 78% of th...