Journal article
Role of sentinel surveillance of candidemia: Trends in species distribution and antifungal susceptibility
Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.40(10), pp.3551-3557
2002
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3551-3557.2002
PMCID: PMC130894
PMID: 12354845
Abstract
The threat posed by antimicrobial resistance was clearly outlined in the 1995 report of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force (2). That report strongly recommended increased research on antimicrobial resistance, including the establishment of surveillance programs to detect emerging resistance, to monitor resistance rates, and to guide infection control and formulary intervention programs. Since that time, numerous federal and nonfederal surveillance programs have been established (12, 16-20, 27, 29, 32, 50, 54). Although the strengths and weaknesses of these programs may be debated (16-19, 29, 32, 50, 54), it is clear that there is now a better appreciation of the antimicrobial resistance problem and that the infrastructure now exists for longitudinal tracking of resistance issues for antibacterial agents and bacterial pathogens (16-20).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Role of sentinel surveillance of candidemia: Trends in species distribution and antifungal susceptibility
- Creators
- Michael A PfallerD. J Diekema
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.40(10), pp.3551-3557
- DOI
- 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3551-3557.2002
- PMID
- 12354845
- PMCID
- PMC130894
- NLM abbreviation
- J Clin Microbiol
- ISSN
- 0095-1137
- eISSN
- 1098-660X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983986364202771
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