title: Analysis and presentation of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility data (antibiograms): substantial variability across medical centers in the United States.
abstract: We found substantial variability in approaches to constructing antibiograms at 65 United States medical centers. Laboratories in teaching hospitals and those with more personnel were significantly more likely to offer sophisticated antibiogram approaches, including the compiling of unit-specific susceptibility data and the reporting of temporal trends in susceptibility data.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. elautenb@cceb.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Ebbing
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lautenbach
authors.forename: Irving
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nachamkin
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005843:Geography; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents