TY - JOUR AU - El-Azizi, Mohamed AU - Mushtaq, Adnan AU - Drake, Cheryl AU - Lawhorn, Jerry AU - Barenfanger, Joan AU - Verhulst, Steven AU - Khardori, Nancy T1 - Evaluating Antibiograms To Monitor Drug Resistance T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1301 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We used hospital antibiograms to assess predominant pathogens and their patterns of in vitro antimicrobial resistance in central Illinois, USA. We found a lack of information about national guidelines for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and differences in interpretation among laboratories in the region. KW - Keywords: Antibiotic resistance KW - Methicillin Resistance KW - Staphylococcus KW - Antibiogram KW - Presumptive Antimicrobial Therapy KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1108.050135 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/05-0135_article ER - End of Reference