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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Protocols


by Richard Schwalbe, Lynn Steele-Moore, Avery C. Goodwin

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Sales Rank: 1065934
Studio: CRC
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
Publisher: CRC


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Product Description
The reported increase in the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria serves to emphasize the importance of accurate susceptibility testing.  This timely guide examines the role of the clinical microbiology lab in integrated patient care. The first section addresses basic susceptibility disciplines such as macro and microbroth dilution, agar dilution, and disk diffusion. The second section considers specialized susceptibility protocols that may be performed by a subset of labs, and emphasizes reproducible results. The third section covers antibiotic development and discusses antibiogram design and use. It includes extensive references and a table of antibiotic classes and common bug-drug susceptibilities.
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