New statistical technique for analyzing MIC-based susceptibility data

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1557-1563

  Van De Kassteele, Jan ^a   Van Santen Verheuvel, Marga G ^a   Koedijk, Femke D H ^a   Van Dam, Alje P ^b,c   Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^a,d   De Neeling, Albert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EPSILOMETER TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENICILLINS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84857173434     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05777-11     Document Type: Article

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