Evolution of an international external quality assurance model to support laboratory investigation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, developed for the SIREVA project in Latin America, from 1993 to 2005

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3184-3190

  Lovgren, Marguerite ^a   Talbot, James A ^a,i   Brandileone, Maria Cristina ^b   Casagrande, Silvana T ^b   Agudelo, Clara Inés ^c   Castañeda, Elizabeth ^c   Regueira, Mabel ^d   Corso, Alejandra ^d   Heitmann, Ingrid ^e   Maldonado, Aurora ^e   Echániz Avilés, Gabriela ^f   Soto Noguerón, Araceli ^f   Hortal, María ^g   Camou, Teresa ^g   Gabastou, Jean Marc ^h   Di Fabio, José Luis ^h   Tyrell, Gregory J ^a   Weekes, Jean ^a   Guerra, Maria Luisa L S ^b   Brandão, Angela P ^b   Sanabria, Olga Marina ^c   Ovalle, Maria Victoria ^c   Pace, Julio ^d   Fossati, Sofia ^d   Gagetti, Paula ^d   Chavez, Elsa ^d   Hormazabal, Juan Carlos ^e   Carmona, Cecilia ^e   Velázquez Meza, María Elena ^f   Carnalla Barajas, Noemí ^f   Hernández Salgado, Margarita ^f   Solórzano Santos, Fortino ^j   Gabarrot, Gabriela Garcia ^g   Perez, Gabriel ^g   more..

^a National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^g MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^h PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

ⁱ Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^j HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 35348918327     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00789-07     Document Type: Article

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