TY - JOUR
T1 - Frequency of susceptibility testing for patients with persistent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
AU - Giltner, Carmen L.
AU - Kelesidis, Theodoros
AU - Hindler, Janet A.
AU - Bobenchik, April M.
AU - Humphries, Romney M.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.02081-13
DO - 10.1128/JCM.02081-13
M3 - Article
C2 - 24153125
AN - SCOPUS:84891501313
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 52
SP - 357
EP - 361
JO - Journal of clinical microbiology
JF - Journal of clinical microbiology
IS - 1
ER -