Results of use of who global salm-surv external quality assurance system for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of salmonella isolates from 2000 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Hendriksen, Rene S ^a,e   Seyfarth, Anne Mette ^a   Jensen, Arne B ^a   Whichard, Jean ^b   Karlsmose, Susanne ^a   Joyce, Kevin ^b   Mikoleit, Matthew ^b   Delong, Stephanie M ^b   Weill, François Xavier ^c   Aidara Kane, Awa ^d   Lo Fo Wong, Danilo M A ^d   Angulo, Frederick J ^b   Wegener, Henrik C ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^b Epidemiology and Control of Salmonella and Other Foodborne Diseases   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 58849164482     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00894-08     Document Type: Article

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