Widespread implementation of EUCAST breakpoints for antibacterial susceptibility testing in Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Brown, D ^a   Canton R ^b   Dubreuil, L ^c   Gatermann, S ^d   Giske, C ^e   MacGowan, A ^f   Martinez Martinez L ^g   Mouton, J ^h   Skov, R ⁱ   Steinbakk, M ^j   Walton, C ^k   Heuer, O ^l   Struelens, M J ^l   Diaz Hogberg L ^l   Kahlmeter, G ^m  

^a Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^k PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^m Centrallasarettet   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922032867     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.2.21008     Document Type: Article

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