Defining antibiotic resistance-towards international harmonization
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Defining antibiotic resistance-towards international harmonization
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with phenotypic methods requires breakpoints, i.e. a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) categorizing micro-organisms into susceptible, intermediately susceptible, and resistant for the relevant antimicrobial agent. Determinations of breakpoints require tools such as the understanding of dosing, MIC distributions of organisms without resistance mechanisms...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0300-9734,2000-1967
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2014.901446