Use of the radiometric method in microbiological diagnosis
Nicoletti, P.; Liotta Alessandrello, A.
Quaderni Sclavo di Diagnostica Clinica E di Laboratorio 18(2): 195-202
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-4979 PMID: 6820162 Document Number: 187231
The authors reported the results of a radiometric method (Bactec) on the detection of gentamicin serum levels, bacteriaemia and identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The serum gentamicin assay procedure proved to be sensitive, accurate, reliable and correlated well with radioimmunoassay (RIA). Positivity revelation of bacteriaemia, evaluated on simulated blood cultures, was much more sensitive than the Castaneda method. The radiometric method, performed on 14 recent isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, gave perfect identification in all cases.