Open AccessEuropean Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS): susceptibility testing of invasive Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Irene Veldhuijzen,
S L A M Bronzwaer,
John E. Degener,
J. L. Kool
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.05.03.00024-en
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
Over 400 laboratories participate in EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System) and send data to the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in The Netherlands. Data on about 14 000 isolates of Staphylococcus aure