Archives

The archives contain ASM Presentations from the CDS team, links to current and previous versions of the CDS manual, all newsletters, slide collections and most other CDS publications. Note: All files on this page are in pdf format. To access an archived manual or publication click the appropriate icon on left of screen.

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ASM 2019 Rafferty, Allerton and James Presentations

ASM 2018 Rafferty, Allerton and James Presentations

ASM 2017 Rafferty and Allerton Presentations

ASM 2016 Rafferty, Allerton and Newton Presentations

ASM 2015 Bell, Newton and Rafferty’s Presentations

ASM 2014 Bell, Hanrahan and McIver’s Presentations

ASM 2013 JP Jeanette’s presentation

ASM 2013 TN Thanh’s presentation

ASM 2013 Newton’s presentation

ASM 2012 Final Bell & Pham’s Presentations

ASM 2011 Bell & Pham’s Presentations

ASM 2010 CDS Team’s Presentation

ASM 2009 CDS Team’s Presentation

ASM 2008 CDS Team’s Presentation

ASM 2008 CDS Handout

Blood Culture Direct Sens Poster

Urine Direct Sens Poster

ASM 2011 Measurement Uncertainty- Andrew Bowen

Manuals

	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Eighth Edition) April 2018
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Seventh Edition) December 2013
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Sixth Edition) September 2011
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Fifth Edition) 2010
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Fourth Edition) 2006
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Third edition) 2004
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (Second edition) 2002
	Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing By The CDS Method (First edition) 1999

Publications

	Calibration of Ceftolozane-tazobactam for the CDS test Dianne Rafferty, Julie Allerton, Pratibha Malini James, and Sydney Bell. Poster: 2019 ASM Annual Conference Adelaide
	Calibrated Dichotomous Susceptibility Disc Testing of Polymyxin B: A Review Julie Allerton, Dianne Rafferty, Pratibha Malini James, Sydney Bell. Poster: 2019 ASM Annual Conference Adelaide
	Evaluation of CDS disc test and Thermo Fisher Sensititre^TMbroth microdilution method against reference ISO broth micro dilution for Enterobacteriaceae species Pratibha Malini James, Dianne Rafferty, Julie Allerton and Sydney Bell Poster: 2019 ASM Annual Conference Adelaide
	A review of Polymyxin Disc Testing from a CDS Perspective Julie Allerton, Dianne Rafferty, Pratibha Malini James and Sydney Bell Poster: 2018 ASM Annual Conference in Brisbane.
	A Comparison of MICs Determined by CDS, CLSI & EUCAST Reference techniques. Julie Allerton, Dianne Rafferty, Pratibha Malini James and Sydney Bell Poster: 2018 ASM Annual Conference in Brisbane.
	Maintenance of Microbiological Reference Culture Collections (MRCC)
	A Comparison of the Results of Three Methods of MIC Determination Julie Allerton, Dianne Rafferty, Pratibha Malini James and Sydney Bell Poster: 2018 RCPA Pathology Update
	The CDS Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Method : Fulfilling a Need. Bell, Pham , Newton and Nguyen
	Detection of carbapenemase enzymes in Enterobacteriaceae by the CDS. A short article by S. M. Bell and J.J Pham. Extracted from Breakpoint 2013 – 5 with the kind permission of the editor Sharon Chen.
	Calibration of Doxycycline for use in urinary tract infections with enterococci. Pathology 2012, 44(7) pp. 654 Sydney Bell, Jeanette Pham, Jawad Saab, Thanh Nguyen
	Improved growth of VRE on Chrom VRE Agar by Incubation in 5% CO₂ Varuna Navaratne, Sydney Bell and Jeanette Pham
	Performance of a Disposable Plastic Inoculating Needle in the Preparation of the CDS Inoculum Presentation at the ASM Annual Conference in Gold Coast, 2006.
	Direct Sensitivity Testing of Urine Samples Presentation at the ASM Annual Conference in Canberra, 2005.
	Evaluation of Direct Susceptibility Testing of Positive Broth Blood Cultures Sue Mahrer, Porl Reinbott and Sydney Bell
	Field trial of Testing Enterococci This is an interesting study of the performance by CDS users in susceptibility testing of enterococci to ampicillin and vancomycin.
	Calibration of Cefoxitin and Staph. aureus Presentation at ASM Annual Conference in Sydney, 2004 Bell, S.M., Gatus, B.J., Pham, J.N., Rafferty, D.L., & Dimon, M
	Additions and Modifications S. M Bell A technical note entitled ‘Additions and Modifications to the Range of Antibiotics Tested by the CDS Method of Sensitivity Testing’, published by “Pathology” (1988, 20, 303‑304).
	Update of the CDS Sensitivity Test The Microbiology Clinical Update Program edited by Nerissa Lee published an Update of the CDS Sensitivity Test in 1984. In this publication we undertook a major revision of the test and extended the method to test those antibiotics which had been developed since the original modification was published.
	Mechanisms of Ampicillin Resistance of H. influenzae isolated from the Respiratory Tract. Bell and Plowman First description of inherent resistance to Ampicilin of H. influenzae. Published in Lancet, Feb, 1980
	The CDS Monograph The CDS Monograph which was published as a Supplement by “Pathology” in 1975. The Monograph contains a basic description of the method and explains how each step of the procedure was developed and tested.