Useful References for AST interpretation

• NCCLS Guideline

• Livermore DM, Winstanley TG, Shannon KP. Interpretative reading: recognizing the unsual and inferring resistance mechanisms from resistance phenotypes. J Antimicro Chemotherapy. 2001;48 suppl. S1, 87-102.

• Livermore DM. β-lactamases in laboratory and clinical resistance. Clin Microbiology -Reviews. 1995; 8(4): 557-84.

• Courvalin P. Interpretive reading of in vitro antibiotic susceptibility tests(the antibiogramme). Clin Microbiol Infect. 1996; 2: S26-34

• AES of Vitek 2

Rule No

Description

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R00035

• oxacillin-resistant staphylococci

R00035.RUL

R00037

• oxacillin-resistant staphylococci

R00037.RUL

R00040

• oxacillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant staphylococci

R00040.RUL

R00055

• Glycopeptide Resistant Staphylococcus

R00055.RUL

R00143

• NCCLS, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production

R00143.RUL

R00212

• useful antibiotics for salmonella and shigella spp.1

R00212.RUL

R00213

• 1st, 2nd cephalosporin and aminoglycoside for Salmonella and Shegella spp.

R00213.RUL

R00279

• useful antibiotics for Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp 2

R00279.RUL

R00282

• penicillin-susceptible staphylococci

R00282.RUL

R00283

• penicillin-resistant and oxacillin-susceptible staphlycoccus

R00283.RUL

R00284

• oxacillin-resistant staphylococci

R00284.RUL

R00344

• s.maltophilia resistance

R00344.RUL

R00348

• Imipenem resistant in Enterobacteriaceae

R00348.RUL