Are routine sensitivity test data suitable for the surveillance of resistance? Resistance rates amongst Escherichia coli from blood and CSF from 1991-1997, as assessed by routine and centralized testing

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-211

  Livermore, D M ^a   Threlfall, E J ^b   Reacher, M H ^c   Johnson, A P ^a   James, D ^a   Cheasty, T ^b   Shah, A ^c   Warburton, F ^c   Swan, A V ^c   Skinner, J ^b   Graham, A ^b   Speller, D C E ^a  

^a Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033962265     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.2.205     Document Type: Article

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