The performance characteristics of two lots of Haemophilus Test Medium (HTM) prepared in-house at Mayo Clinic, one lot obtained from BBL (Cockeysville, Md.) and one lot obtained from Remel (Lenexa, Kans.), for disk diffusion susceptibility testing of ampicillin against 81 Haemophilus strains were assessed. Insufficient growth occurred in 2.5 to 13.6% of strains, depending on the HTM used, and was most frequent for -lactamase-negative, ampicillin-resistant strains when they were tested with one lot of HTM prepared in-house. Results for all 14 -lactamase-positive Haemophilus strains were in complete agreement for all lots of HTM when either 1990 or 1993 National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) interpretive guidelines were followed. However, these -lactamase-positive Haemophilus strains could be as precisely, but more rapidly, identified by the cefinase disk method. Results for 56 -lactamase-negative, ampicillin-susceptible strains and 11 -lactamase-negative, ampicillin-resistant strains varied significantly among all HTM lots tested and as to whether 1990 or 1993 NCCLS interpretive guidelines were followed. We conclude that in our hands disk diffusion testing with HTM prepared in-house or obtained from two commercial sources and following either 1990 or 1993 NCCLS guidelines is an unacceptable method for determining the susceptibilities of Haemophilus strains to ampicillin.
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