| Literature DB >> 24153125 |
Carmen L Giltner1, Theodoros Kelesidis, Janet A Hindler, April M Bobenchik, Romney M Humphries.
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Currently, no standards exist for determining the optimal frequency of repeat antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) when an organism is recurrently isolated from the same specimen source. Although testing every 2 to 5 days is thought sufficient, we present three cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia where current laboratory protocol for repeating AST every 5 days was inadequate to identify resistant organisms.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24153125 PMCID: PMC3911476 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02081-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 11.677