Laboratory practices for reporting bacterial susceptibility tests that affect antibiotic therapy

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1168-1170

  Schifman, Ron B ^a   Pindur, Ales ^b   Bryan, John A ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARMACY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFECTION; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031412628     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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