Survey, laboratory and statistical methods for the BSAC Resistance Surveillance Programmes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Reynolds, Rosy ^a   Hope, Russell ^b   Williams, Laura ^c  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Quotient Bioresearch Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agar dilution; Antimicrobial resistance; Breakpoint; MIC; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 54349120539     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn349     Document Type: Article

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