Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Critical Issues for the 90s: 349 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 349) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306446731 ISBN 13: 9780306446733

Publisher: Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y., 1994

Synopsis

The papers assembled in this collection comprise a majority of the oral presentations as well as several poster presentations given at the 22nd Annual Symposium arranged by the Bastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for MicrobioloS)'. The symposium would not be possible without the generous support of the many sponsors (see sponsor list) or without the concerted effort of a11 the Committee members. This Symposium series has evolved into an annual Bastern Pennsylvania Branch ASM event that attracts participants from a wide geographie area. It should be noted that one of the hallmarks of these symposia involves interaction between the presenters and those in attendance. Several authors have altered their by the participants. Therefore, the manuscript that manuscripts based on comments fo11ows should be viewed as a group effort of both the participants and presenters. J ames Poupard Lori Walsh Bruee Kleger ix CONTENTS 1 Introduction 1: CURRENT METHODS The Evolution of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 James A. Poupard, Stephen F. Rittenhouse, and Lori R. Walsh Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests: Testing Methods and Interpretive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Patrick R. Murray Clinician Utilization of Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Data: A Prospective Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Franklin P. Koontz SESSION 2: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING When We Should Be Testing, How Often and What to Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Raymond C. Bartlett Areas of Recent Emphasis of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 James H. Jorgensen Non-Traditional Approaches for Quality Control of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Synopsis

Focuses not so much on the actual methodology of antimicrobial susceptibility testing, but more on the issues that a clinical microbiologist is apt to encounter in such testing. The 17 papers, from a symposium in Philadelphia, November 1991, discuss the interpretation and use of data, non-traditional approaches to quality control, issues around new

Edition details

• Publisher: Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306446731
• ISBN 13: 9780306446733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Poupard James A., Walsh Lori R., Kleger Bruce