Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources | Result Interpretation

Result Interpretation

Empiric Guidance

General Stewardship

This page contains resources on how to interpret culture and susceptibility testing results.

Clinician's Brief: C&S Reports

Interpretation of C&S Results (account required)

CLSI: Breakpoints

Veterinary breakpoint tables

CLSI: VET09

Textbook on AST data available for purchase

CoE: Food Animal Legislative Compliance

Guidance on compliance with federal legislation

Cattle

IDEXX: MIC Interpretation

Microbiology guide to MIC interpretation

MSU VDL: AST Data Use

Use of AST data to guide therapy

MSU VDL: C&S Results

Importance and interpretation of AST

TAMU VMBS: AST Results

Interpreting antimicrobial susceptibility results

VIN: AST Results

Guide to interpretation of susceptibility results

WADDL: AST

Overview of AST methods and interpretation

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Funding

This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and in part by the Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, which is supported by the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Disease Cooperative Agreement through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.