What is the standard for moxifloxacin 5 for sensitive zone, intermediate zone and resistant zone?

31 October 2016 0 6K Report

i got zones of different measurements by moxifloxacin by my isolates like 24, 25 i havnt got any nccls or csli standard plz guide me so i can interpret my results my isolates were gram positive bacteria mainly enterococcus and one was bacillus cereus.

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