Comparison of a Hospital-Cumulative Antibiogram With Patient Characteristic-Stratified Web-Based Antibiogram

Comparison of an Emergency Department-Specific Antibiogram to Hospital Antibiogram: Influence of Patient Risk Factors on Susceptibility

Challenges in Preparation of Cumulative Antibiogram Reports for Community Hospitals.

Knowledge of local antimicrobial resistance is critical for management of infectious diseases. Community hospitals' compliance with Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidance for creation of cumulative antibiograms is uncertain. This descriptive cohort study of antibiogram reporting practices included community hospitals enrolled in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. ...

Disc antibiogram test with graded plate method

Abstract Background and objectives: Halo interference around antibiogram disc is one of the problems seen in Agar media. This study aimed at applying graded plate method to reduce this problem. Material and Methods: Forty-eight millimeter plates, before putting disc, were graded and the location of discs was determined. Instead of full disc, we used half-disc and then compared the haloe interfe...

Antibiogram of urinary isolates.

To the Editor: Long term care facilities (LTCFs), especially those with high levels of acuity, often breed high levels of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).1 Facilities should not assume that published rates of MDROs reflect the level of MDROs in their facility. Considerable variation between LTCFs exists.2 Unfortunately, it is our impression that many LTCFs are not tracking or aware of the...

Reality of developing a community-wide antibiogram.

Antimicrobial surveillance may be defined as a systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of data that may be used to identify resistance trends and assess the need for intervention (2). In 1988 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines for evaluation of surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance (7), and an American Society for Microbiology task force (...