Antibiotic discs, prepared culture media for susceptibility testing (AST) and chromogenic media for detection of resistances mechanisms: KPC, ESBL, VRE, MRSA, produced by BioMaxima, received the expert report of the National Referential Center for Antibiotic Sensitivity of Microorganisms (KORLD)
Antibiotic discs acc. EUCAST v. 10.0 from 01.01.2020
The Antibiotic Paper Discs are manufactured in a modern facility, equipped with automated production lines based on the latest technologies. Each delivery is accompanied by a certificate of quality control. The discs are packed in airtight packaging, type of tube or blister with a desiccant. Production is carried out in accordance with Quality Management System ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. The products are registered and CE marked.
| Products | ||
| Amikacin 30 | Chloramphenicol 30 | Norfloxacin 10 |
| Amoxicillin 10 | Ciprofloxacin 5 | Ofloxacin 5 |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 2/1 | Clindamycin 2 | Oxacillin 1 |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 20/10 | Colistin 10 | Pefloxacin 5 |
| Ampicillin 2 | Daptomycin 30 | Phenoxymethylpenicillin 10 |
| Ampicillin 10 | Ertapenem 10 | Piperacillin 30 |
| Ampicillin-sulbactam 10/10 | Erythromycin 15 | Piperacillin-tazobactam 30/6 |
| Azithromycin 15 | Fosfomycin 200 | Quinupristin-dalfopristin 15 |
| Aztreonam 30 | Fusidic Acid 10 | Rifampicin 5 |
| Benzylpenicillin 1 | Gentamicin 10 | Streptomycin 300 |
| Cefaclor 30 | Gentamicin 30 | Teicoplanin 30 |
| Cefadroxil 30 | Imipenem 10 | Telithromycin 15 |
| Cefalexin 30 | Levofloxacin 5 | Tetracycline 30 |
| Cefepime 30 | Linezolid 10 | Ticarcillin 75 |
| Cefixime 5 | Mecillinam 10 | Ticarcillin-clavulanic acid 75/10 |
| Cefotaxime 5 | Meropenem 10 | Tigecycline 15 |
| Cefoxitin 30 | Minocycline 30 | Tobramycin 10 |
| Cefpodoxime 10 | Moxifloxacin 5 | Trimethoprim 5 |
| Ceftazidime 10 | Mupirocin 200 | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 25 |
| Ceftibuten 30 | Nalidixic acid 30 | Vancomycin 5 |
| Ceftriaxone 30 | Netilmicin 10 | |
| Cefuroxime 30 | Nitrofurantoin 100 | |
Discs are packed into tight, humidity proof packaging as:
- blister 1 x 50 discs
- carton box 5 x 50 discs – 5 blisters per carton box
- Tube 5 x 50 discs – 5 vials per tube
Blisters and tubes have the humidity absorbers inside, which provide correct stability of antibiotic discs.
For our antibiotic discs, there is a table prepared, including target values and permissible values range of inhibition zones for reference strains, based on EUCAST v. 10.0, dated 01.01.2020. Part of the table is shown below:
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Antimicrobial agent |
Disc symbol | Disc content |
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 |
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 |
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| Inhibition zone | Inhibition zone | Inhibition zone | ||||||
| Target1 | Range2 | Target1 | Range2 | Target1 | Range2 | |||
| Amikacin | AK 30 | 30 | 22-23 | 19-26 | 22 | 18-26 | 21 | 18-24 |
DISCS DISPENSER
6-position discs dispenser for placing 6 antibiotic discs on 90 mm Petri dishes,
providing appropriate distance between the discs
Prepared culture media for susceptibility testing:
Prepared culture media for susceptibility testing recommended by EUCAST :
Mueller Hinton 2 LAB-AGAR™ (MHA), cat. No PP 1170 - for: Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas spp. Acinetobacter spp., Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Acinetobacter spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp.
Mueller Hinton 2 LAB-AGAR™ + NAD + 5% HB (MH-F), cat. No PP 0083 - for Streptococcus groups A, B, C i G, Viridans group Streptococci, Streptococcus pneumonia, Haemophilus spp., Moraxella catarrhalis, Listeria monocytogenes, Pasteurella multocida, Campylobacter jejuni and coli, Corynebacterium spp.
Brucella LAB-AGAR™ + 5% SB + wit. K + Hemine, cat. No PP 0082
Mueller Hinton LAB-AGAR™ + Glucose + Methylene Blue, cat. No PP 0105
Mueller Hinton 2 LAB-AGAR™ + Cloxacillin, cat. No PP 0073
Mueller Hinton LAB-AGAR™ + 4% NaCl + Oxacillin, cat. No PP 0006
Mueller Hinton 2 LAB-AGAR™ + 5% SB, cat. No PP 1172
RPMI MOPS LAB-AGAR™, cat. No PP 0095
Schaedler Anaerobe LAB-AGAR™ + 5% SB + wit. K3, cat. No PP 0003
Reference strains for Routine Internal Quality Control as recommended by EUCAST:
- MM02-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 12241 / ATCC ® 25922
- MM24-10 Escherichia coli NCTC 11954 / ATCC ® 35218
- MM10-10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12903 / ATCC ® 2 7853
- MM14-10 Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 12973 / ATCC ® 29213
- MM18-10 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12697 / ATCC ® 29212
- MM95-10 Streptococcus pneumoniae NCTC 12977 /ATCC ® 49619
- MM37-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 12975 / ATCC ® 49766
- MM36-10 Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11351 / ATCC ® 33560
Reference strains for Extended Internal Quality Control as recommended by EUCAST:
- MM83-10 Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 13368 / ATCC® 700603 – ESBL producer
- MM64-10 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) NCTC 12493 - Methicillin resistant (MRSA), mecA positive
- MM52-10 Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 13379 / ATCC® 51299 - vanB positive strain, High-level gentamicin and streptomycin resistant
- MM81-10 Haemophilus influenzae NCTC 12699 / ATCC® 49247 - Reduced susceptibility to β-lactam agents due to PBP mutations in Haemophilus influenzae
Chromogenic media for mechanisms of bacterial resistance:
- Chromogenic Acinetobacter MDR LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic COL-APSE LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic ESBL Mod. LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic KPC LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic MRSA LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic Super Carba LAB-AGAR™
- Chromogenic VRE LAB-AGAR™
