Open AccessTrends in antimicrobial resistance in Europe: update of EARSS results
Author(s) -
Marlieke E A de Kraker,
N. van de Sande-Bruinsma
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.11.03156-en
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , antibiotic resistance , resistance (ecology) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , ecology
For the past seven years (1999 to 2006), the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) has collected antimicrobial susceptibility test results of invasive isolates in humans of seven bacterial species that serve as indicators for the development of antimicrobial resistance in Europe.