Evaluating Antibiograms To Monitor Drug Resistance

We used hospital antibiograms to assess predominant pathogens and their patterns of in vitro antimicrobial resistance in central Illinois, USA. We found a lack of information about national guidelines for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and differences in interpretation among laborator...

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Autores principales: El-Azizi, Mohamed, Mushtaq, Adnan, Drake, Cheryl, Lawhorn, Jerry, Barenfanger, Joan, Verhulst, Steven, Khardori, Nancy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16102325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.050135
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Sumario:We used hospital antibiograms to assess predominant pathogens and their patterns of in vitro antimicrobial resistance in central Illinois, USA. We found a lack of information about national guidelines for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and differences in interpretation among laboratories in the region.

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