Performance of the Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) as a Rapid Tool for Reporting Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) in <i>Enterobacterales</i> from North and Latin America
Cecília G Carvalhaes, Dee Shortridge, Leah N. Woosley, Nabina Gurung, Mariana Castanheira
Abstract
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) reports are one of the most important clinical microbiology laboratory tasks. AST reports are essential to drive antimicrobial therapy, provide information to monitor antimicrobial resistance rates, and trigger further tests to detect outbreaks or confirm new mechanisms of resistance.
Topics & Concepts
Broth microdilutionAntimicrobialMedicineConfidence intervalMicrobiologyBiologyInternal medicineMinimum inhibitory concentrationBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus