Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance A.-P. Magiorakos, A. Srinivasan, R.B. Carey, Y. Carmeli, M.E. Falagas, C.G. Giske, S. Harbarth, J.F. Hindler, G. Kahlmeter, B. Olsson- Liljequist, D.L. Paterson, L.B. Rice, J. Stelling, M.J. Struelens, A. Vatopoulos, J.T. Weber, D.L. Monnet Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 268-281 (March 2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 1 Diagram showing the relationship of MDR, XDR and PDR to each other. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 268-281DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 2 Examples of 22 possible antimicrobial susceptibility patterns that can fall under the proposed definitions for MDR, XDR and PDR. □, the isolate is susceptible to all agents listed in category; , the isolate is non-susceptible to some, but not all agents listed in category; ▪, the isolate is non-susceptible to all agents listed in category; , the isolate was not tested for susceptibility to any agent listed in this category. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 268-281DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions