Acknowledgements

This free course was collaboratively written by Liz Sheridan and Sarah Palmer, and reviewed by Priya Khanna, Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell, Skye Badger, Claire Gordon, Natalie Moyen and Hilary MacQueen.

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Figures 2 and 3: EUCAST (2016) Splitting the wild type and resistant populations, 12 May 2016.

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Figures 5–8: © Liz Sheridan.

Resources

EUCAST Disk Diffusion Test Methodology: this document has been produced in part under ECDC service contracts and made available at no cost by EUCAST at no cost to the user and can be accessed on the EUCAST website www.eucast.org. EUCAST recommendations are frequently updated and the latest versions are available at www.eucast.org.

Standard Operating Procedures: Bacteriology – Veterinary Sector: Indian Council of Medical Research.

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