Abstract:
:The emergence of antimicrobial resistance among several common bacterial pathogens requires that clinical microbiology laboratories have the ability to promptly and accurately recognize resistance in patients' isolates. Laboratories have several options for performing routine susceptibility testing, including the broth microdilution procedure (with or without instrumentation for test reading), automated instrument systems that provide rapid results, antibiotic gradient diffusion, and disk diffusion procedures. In addition, there are definitive screening tests capable of recognizing resistance to drugs of choice among several common bacterial species based on single drug concentration tests or rapid spot tests. The likely emergence of still newer resistance mechanisms will provide a challenge to clinical microbiologists to devise accurate, yet cost-effective strategies for use in the future.
journal_name
Infect Dis Clin North Amjournal_title
Infectious disease clinics of North Americaauthors
Jorgensen JHdoi
10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70390-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-12-01 00:00:00pages
785-802issue
4eissn
0891-5520issn
1557-9824pii
S0891-5520(05)70390-1journal_volume
11pub_type
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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doi:
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious disease clinics of North America
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更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00