Drug Resistance
CLSI Publishes New Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Standard
Published in Lab Business Week, January 20th, 2008
CLSI has recently published the annual update of the well-known antimicrobial susceptibility testing standard, Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Eighteenth Informational Supplement (M100-S18), which provides updates of the latest recommendations for detecting emerging resistance of aerobic bacteria--arranged in tabular format. The "breakpoints" included in the supplement are defined as specific values on the basis of which bacteria can be assigned to the clinical categories of susceptible, intermediate, or resistant.
This essential information assists clinicians with drug selection, interpretation, and quality control using the procedures...
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Source: Lab Business Week (2008-01-20)
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