Colistin M.I.C

Colistin (polymyxin E) MIC determination is associated with several methodological issues. The CLSI-EUCAST joint Polymyxin Breakpoints Working Group recommend that only broth microdilution is suitable for determining Colistin MIC .

​EUCAST has issued warnings about batches of gradient diffusion products

MICRONAUT's  broth microdilution Colistin MIC has been on the market for many years and  conforms to ISO20776-1:2006.  The strip comes in packs of 5 plates, each plate has 8 removable strips of 12 wells, giving each pack 40 tests.


​from the EUCAST website
Summary of results for all commercial BMD methods
Essential agreement (MICs within ± 1 dilution of reference MIC):

• Sensititre (Thermo Fisher Scientific): 96%
• MICRONAUT-S (Merlin Diagnostika): 96%
• MICRONAUT MIC-Strip (Merlin Diagnostika): 99%
• SensiTest (Liofilchem): 88%
• UMIC (Biocentric): 82%

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EUCAST/Colistin

EUCAST/Colistin Updates

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