What's New in Antibiograms? Updating CLSI M39 Guidance with Current Trends.

ABSTRACT: A vast amount of antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) data is generated from routine testing in diagnostic laboratories for the primary purpose of guiding clinicians in antimicrobial therapy decisions for their patients. However, there is additional value for these data when they are compiled at the local, regional, national, and global levels. Cumulative AST data can be used to prepare antibiograms at the individual health care facility level. These reports can be used to gain insight into appropriate empirical therapy options prior to the availability of AST results on an individual patient's isolate. Different types of cumulative AST data reports can also be compiled at the regional, national, and global levels to estimate susceptibility rates in geographic regions, document trends i

SUBMITTER: Simner PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9580356 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature