Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: a review of general principles and contemporary practices.
- J. Jorgensen, M. Ferraro
- Biology, MedicineClinical Infectious Diseases
- 1 December 2009
An important task of the clinical microbiology laboratory is the performance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of significant bacterial isolates. The goals of testing are to detect possible…
Decline in invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine.
- C. Whitney, M. Farley, A. Schuchat
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 1 May 2003
The use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is preventing disease in young children, for whom the vaccine is indicated, and may be reducing the rate of disease in adults.
Effect of use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children on invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults in the USA: analysis of multisite, population-based surveillance.
- M. Moore, R. Link-Gelles, C. Whitney
- MedicineLancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)
- 1 March 2015
Practical Disk Diffusion Method for Detection of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
- K. Fiebelkorn, S. Crawford, M. McElmeel, J. Jorgensen
- Biology, MedicineJournal of Clinical Microbiology
- 1 October 2003
Simple placement of erythromycin and clindamycin disks at a distance achieved with a standard disk dispenser allowed detection of 97% of S. aureus strains and 100% of CNS strains with inducible MLSB resistance in this study.
Susceptibility Test Methods: Dilution and Disk Diffusion Methods*
- J. Jorgensen, J. Turnidge
- Biology, Medicine
- 1 June 2015
This chapter describes reference dilution and disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility test methods for nonfastidious, aerobic bacteria and the procedure for performing each test type as well as quality control procedures.
Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.
- C. Whitney, M. Farley, A. Schuchat
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 28 December 2000
Because a limited number of serotypes account for most infections with drug-resistant strains, the new conjugate vaccines offer protection against most drug- resistant strains of S. pneumoniae.
Methods for antimicrobial dilution and disk susceptibility testing of infrequently isolated or fastidious bacteria; approved guideline
- J. Jorgensen, Clinical
- Medicine
- 2006
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document M45—Methods for Antimicrobial Dilution and Disk Susceptibility Testing of Infrequently Isolated or Fastidious Bacteria describes the standard microdilution and agar disk diffusion methods and includes a series of procedures designed to standardize test performance.
Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study
- C. Whitney, T. Pilishvili, A. Schuchat
- Medicine, BiologyThe Lancet
- 28 October 2006
Effect of introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- M. Kyaw, R. Lynfield, C. Whitney
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 6 April 2006
The rate of antibiotic-resistant invasive pneumococcal infections decreased in young children and older persons after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine, and there was an increase in infections caused by serotypes not included in the vaccine.
Manual of clinical microbiology
- P. Murray, E. Baron, J. Jorgensen, M. Landry, M. Pfaller
- Medicine
- 1 July 1975
A collaborative team of editors and authors from around the world revised the Manual to include the latest applications of genomics and proteomics, producing an authoritative work of two volumes filled with current findings regarding infectious agents, leading-edge diagnostic methods, laboratory practices, and safety guidelines.
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