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Volume 8, Number 5, May 2002

Research

Sentinel Surveillance: A Reliable Way To Track Antibiotic Resistance in Communities?

Stephanie J. Schrag,* Elizabeth R. Zell,* Anne Schuchat,* and Cynthia G. Whitney*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

 
 
Figure. Between-laboratory variation in percent penicillin-nonsusceptible isolates (%PNSP) and number of invasive pneumococcal isolates in selected surveillance areas. A) Connecticut; B) Selected counties of Maryland; C) Selected counties of Tennessee. Solid line denotes the area’s actual %PNSP from active, population-based surveillance.

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Figure. Between-laboratory variation in percent penicillin-nonsusceptible isolates (%PNSP) and number of invasive pneumococcal isolates in selected surveillance areas. A) Connecticut; B) Selected counties of Maryland; C) Selected counties of Tennessee. Solid line denotes the area’s actual %PNSP from active, population-based surveillance.

 

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