Regional pooling of national data from a small number of sites can be misleading: maybe yes? But data can be complimentary to other studies and valuable to infectious disease physicians!

Affiliations

¹ JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA, USA. Electronic address: ronald-jones@jmilabs.com.
² JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA, USA.

Comment

Ronald N Jones et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;80(1):91-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.05.001. Epub 2014 May 14.

¹ JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA, USA. Electronic address: ronald-jones@jmilabs.com.
² JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA, USA.

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Resistance surveillance program report for selected European nations (2011).
Jones RN, Flonta M, Gurler N, Cepparulo M, Mendes RE, Castanheira M. Jones RN, et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;78(4):429-36. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.10.008. Epub 2013 Oct 14. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24440509
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe: regional pooling of national data from a small number of sites can be misleading.
Högberg LD, Magiorakos AP, Heuer OE, Monnet DL. Högberg LD, et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;80(1):90. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.03.015. Epub 2014 Mar 25. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24746825 No abstract available.