Vol. 30, No. 4
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Apr. 1992, p. 1024-1026
0095-1137/92/041024-03$02.00/0 Copyright ©) 1992, American Society for Microbiology
Proposed Interpretive Criteria and Quality Control Parameters for Ofloxacin Susceptibility Testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae PETER C.
FUCHS,'* ARTHUR L. BARRY,2 CAROLYN BAKER,3 PATRICK R. MURRAY,4
JOHN A. WASHINGTON5 St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 972251; The Clinical Microbiology Institute, Tualatin, Oregon 970622; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 303333; Barnes Hospital-Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 631104; and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 441065 AND
Received 11 October 1991/Accepted 7 January 1992
A multilaboratory study designed to determine the in vitro susceptibility criteria and quality control parameters for ofloxacin against Neisseria gonorrhoeae was conducted according to the guidelines of the
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Proposed susceptibility breakpoints are MICs of
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Apr. 1992, p. 1024-1026
0095-1137/92/041024-03$02.00/0 Copyright ©) 1992, American Society for Microbiology
Proposed Interpretive Criteria and Quality Control Parameters for Ofloxacin Susceptibility Testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae PETER C.
FUCHS,'* ARTHUR L. BARRY,2 CAROLYN BAKER,3 PATRICK R. MURRAY,4
JOHN A. WASHINGTON5 St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 972251; The Clinical Microbiology Institute, Tualatin, Oregon 970622; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 303333; Barnes Hospital-Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 631104; and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 441065 AND
Received 11 October 1991/Accepted 7 January 1992
A multilaboratory study designed to determine the in vitro susceptibility criteria and quality control parameters for ofloxacin against Neisseria gonorrhoeae was conducted according to the guidelines of the
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Proposed susceptibility breakpoints are MICs of
