Establishing quality control ranges for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus: A cornerstone to develop reference strains for Korean clinical microbiology laboratories

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 635-638

  Hong, Sung Kuk ^a   Choi, Seung Jun ^a   Shin, Saeam ^a   Lee, Wonmok ^b   Pinto, Naina ^a   Shin, Nari ^c   Lee, Kwangjun ^c   Hong, Seong Geun ^d   Kim, Young Ah ^e   Lee, Hyukmin ^f   Kim, Heejung ^a   Song, Wonkeun ^g   Lee, Sun Hwa ^h   Yong, Dongeun ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

^e National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^f Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^g Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Seegene Medical Foundation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agar dilution test; Antimicrobial susceptibility test; Clinical microbiology laboratory; Disk diffusion test; Quality control; Reference strain

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUTH KOREA; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STAINING AND LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84942247345     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.6.635     Document Type: Article

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