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Chloramphenicol Injection Products

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

S = Susceptible; I = Intermediate; R = Resistant

Exceptions to the recognized standard

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

Burkholderia cepacia complex

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Other Non-Enterobacterales

Staphylococcus spp.

Enterococcus spp.

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus spp. β-Hemolytic Group

Streptococcus spp. Viridans Group

Neisseria meningitidis

Anaerobes

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