| Literature DB >> 27859688 |
Göran Kronvall1, Peter Smith2.
Abstract
The normalized resistance interpretation (NRI) method was developed in response to a call for a method to calibrate disc diffusion test results making inter-laboratory comparisons possible. The main use of NRI so far has been in individual laboratories, in medical and veterinary medicine and in the field of marine microbiology. The applications of NRI for disc diffusion tests are reviewed and, in addition, a detailed description of the calculation procedure is presented. NRI provides a fully objective method for ECOFF calculations of disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test results.Keywords: Normalized resistance interpretation; antimicrobial susceptibility testing; disc test calibration; epidemiological cut-off value
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27859688 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12624
Source DB: PubMed Journal: APMIS ISSN: 0903-4641 Impact factor: 3.205