Handbook of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Analysis

Resistance to antimicrobial agents has resulted in morbidity and mortality from treatment failures and increased health care costs. Although defining the precise public health risk and estimating the increase in costs is not a simple undertaking there is little doubt that emergent antibiotic resistance is a serious global problem.This book is the selection of an antibiotic panel for susceptibility testing is based on the commonly observed susceptibility patterns and is revised periodically.