Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Twentieth Informational Supplement, M100-S20

Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Twentieth Informational Supplement, M100-S20
By CLSI

Book Details
* Paperback: 153 pages
* Publisher: Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute; 1 edition (2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1562387162

The supplemental information presented in this document is intended for use with the antimicrobial susceptibility testing procedures published in the following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI) - approved standards: M02-A10 - Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard - Tenth Edition; and M07-A8 - Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically; Approved Standard - Eighth Edition. The standards contain information about both disk (M02) and dilution (M07) test procedures for aerobic bacteria. Clinicians depend heavily on information from the clinical microbiology laboratory for treatment of their seriously ill patients. The clinical importance of antimicrobial susceptibility test results requires that these tests be performed under optimal conditions and that laboratories have the capability to provide results for the newest antimicrobial agents

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