British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Based on the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Supplement (JAC [2001] 48, Suppl. S1).
Individual chapters are available below:
Chapter 1History and development of antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodologyJuly 2001
Chapter 2Determination of minimum inhibitory concentrationsMarch 2006
Chapter 3Establishing MIC breakpoints and the interpretation of in vitro susceptibility testsJanuary 2005
Chapter 4The development of the BSAC standardized method of disc diffusion testingJuly 2001
Chapter 5BSAC standardized disc susceptibility testing methodApril 2007
Chapter 6Detection of beta-lactamase-mediated resistanceAugust 2005
Chapter 7Detection of methicillin/oxacillian resistance in staphylococciJuly 2001
Chapter 8Quality assurance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing by disc diffusionJuly 2001
Chapter 9Recommendations for susceptibility tests on fastidious organisms and those requiring special handlingJuly 2001
Chapter 10Instrumentation in antimicrobial susceptibility testingJuly 2001
Chapter 11Interpretative reading: recognizing the unusual and inferring resistance mechanisms from resistance phenotypesMarch 2004