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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 25, Issue 2 95-99, Copyright © 1988 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests on Enterobacteriaceae by ATP bioluminescence

P. F. Wheat, J. G. Hastings and R. C. Spencer
Department of Bacteriology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.

The susceptibility of 76 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae to ampicillin, piperacillin and gentamicin was assessed by ATP bioluminescence in a 4-h test. For most organisms tested (Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Serratia), there was good correlation with traditional MIC values estimated on 18-h cultures. However strains of Proteus mirabilis showed false resistance to the beta-lactam agents with the ATP method; and concordance was achieved only after manipulation of the growth conditions. Our method is simpler than those described previously, though currently it is still labour-intensive and expensive.


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