Updating Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Present and Future Relevance

摘要

Testing methods and reporting of results vary widely among clinical, reference and public health laboratories. Accordingly, institutional size and resources dictate both antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) needs and the cost effectiveness of test methods. Results of evaluations from 102 laboratories by the National Laboratory System (NLS) between 2001 and 2005 proved fewer than 50% of these laboratories published antibiograms of local resistance patterns and fewer than 50% adhered to the guidelines and standards established by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).