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Azithromycin - Oral, Injection products

Recognized Interpretive Criteria

	Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (mcg/mL)			Disk Diffusion (zone diameter in mm)
Pathogen	S	I	R	S	I	R
Staphylococcus spp.	M100 standard is recognized
Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae	M100 standard is recognized
Streptococcus pneumoniae	M100 standard is recognized
Moraxella catarrhalis	M45 standard is recognized

S = Susceptible; I = Intermediate; R = Resistant

Exceptions to the recognized standard of CLSI M100

For the bacteria listed below, susceptibility test interpretive criteria are not recognized at this time:

Enterobacterales

Streptococcus spp. β-Hemolytic Group

Streptococcus spp. Viridans Group

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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