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Public Health Efforts Can Impact Adoption of Current Susceptibility Breakpoints, but Closer Attention from Regulatory Bodies Is Needed

Published:2019-03 Issue:3 Volume:57 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

McKinnell James A.¹²³,Bhaurla S.¹,Marquez-Sung P.¹,Pucci A.¹,Baron M.¹,Kamali T.¹,Bugante J.¹,Schwartz B.¹,Balter S.¹,Terashita D.¹,Butler-Wu S.⁴,Gunzenhauser J.¹,Hindler J.¹,Humphries R. M.³

Affiliation:

1. Acute Communicable Disease Control Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA

2. Infectious Disease Clinical Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Infectious Disease, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA

3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Abstract

Microbiological testing, including interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing results using current breakpoints, is crucial for clinical care and infection control. Continued use of obsolete Enterobacteriaceae carbapenem breakpoints is common in clinical laboratories.

Funder

HHS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01488-18

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