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Evaluating Antibiograms To Monitor Drug Resistance

Mohamed El-Azizi, Adnan Mushtaq, Cheryl Drake, Jerry Lawhorn, Joan Barenfanger, Steven J. Verhulst, N.M. Khardori

Emerging infectious diseases · 2005 · 25 citations · 5 references

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We used hospital antibiograms to assess predominant pathogens and their patterns of in vitro antimicrobial resistance in central Illinois, USA. We found a lack of information about national guidelines for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and differences in interpretation among laboratories in the region.

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