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<p>Created page with &quot;== Principles == * Analyze and present data at least annually * Include only species with at least 30 isolates tested * Include diagnostic, not surveillance, isolates * Inclu...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Principles ==<br /> <br /> * Analyze and present data at least annually<br /> * Include only species with at least 30 isolates tested<br /> * Include diagnostic, not surveillance, isolates<br /> * Include results only for drugs that are routinely tested<br /> * Include the first isolate per patient in the period analyzed, irrespective of the body site from which the specimen was obtained or the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern<br /> * Calculate the percentage susceptible; do not include the percentage of isolates with intermediate susceptibility<br /> * For [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]:<br /> ** Calculate and list both the percentage susceptible and the percentage of isolates with intermediate susceptibility for [[penicillin]]<br /> ** Calculate and list the percentage susceptible for [[cefotaxime]] or [[ceftriaxone]] using both the meningitis and nonmeningitis breakpoints<br /> * For [[viridans group streptococci]], calculate and list both the percentage susceptible and the percentage of isolates with intermediate susceptibility for [[penicillin]]<br /> * For [[Staphylococcus aureus]], calculate and list the percentage susceptible for all isolates, as well as for the subset of methicillin-resistance [[Staphylococcus aureus]]<br /> <br /> == Further Reading ==<br /> <br /> * Analysis and Presentation of Cumulative Antibiograms: A New Consensus Guideline from the CLSI. &#039;&#039;Clin Infect Dis&#039;&#039;. 2007;44(6):867-873. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1086/511864 10.1086/511864]</div>

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