Susceptibility testing methods, resistance and breakpoints: What do these terms really mean?

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Silley, P ^a,b  

^a MB Consult Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakpoint; Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; Clinical breakpoint; Epidemiological cut off value; European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Harmonisation; Resistance; Susceptibility testing; Wild type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864064627     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.31.1.2097     Document Type: Article

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