clinical breakpoint

Breakpoints are discriminatory antimicrobial concentrations used in the interpretation of results of susceptibility testing to define isolates as susceptible, intermediate or resistant. Clinical breakpoints are for everyday use in the clinical laboratory to advise on patient therapy.

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Category Sampling and laboratory testing
Sector Public Health
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Creation Date Do., Apr. 4 2019 11:37:44
GlossaryTermID 15543706641881_clinicalbreakpoint_PublicHealth
Link to One Health EJP Glossary https://orion-ejp.github.io/pages/glossary.html#clinicalbreakpoint_0d74b8d7-d723-463e-b962-89d813f0cda3
Link to reference https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11420334
Literature:Authors MacGowan AP, Wise R.
Literature:DOI 10.1093/jac/48.suppl_1.17
Literature:PublicationTitle Establishing MIC breakpoints and the interpretation of in vitro susceptibility tests
Literature:ReferenceSource Journal Article
Literature:Venue Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Literature:Year 2001
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Last Updated 28 May 2019, 07:02 (CEST)
Created 28 May 2019, 07:01 (CEST)