title: Using individual animal susceptibility test results in bovine practice.
abstract: The integration of antimicrobial susceptibility test results into food animal case management can be a challenging proposition. The use of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute veterinary-specific interpretive criteria can assist with the antimicrobial selection process when these criteria exist for the specific antimicrobial, pathogen, host animal, disease process, and dosing regimen being considered. When veterinary-specific interpretive criteria do not exist, clinicians can, and should, evaluate microbiological, pharmacological and clinical data to ensure responsible use of antimicrobials.
authors.affiliation: Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Kansas State University, 1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. Electronic address: blubbers@vet.k-state.edu.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lubbers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000662:veterinary*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: AST; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; In vitro diagnostics; Responsible antimicrobial use; Veterinary diagnostic