Letter to the editor: Antimicrobial resistance data and treatment guidelines – challenges in the context of urine samples and mecillinam testing

Muna Abu Sin; Esther Wohlfarth; Anja Klingeberg; Tim Eckmanns; Michael Kresken; Evelyn Kramme; Guido Werner

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Letter to the editor: Antimicrobial resistance data and treatment guidelines – challenges in the context of urine samples and mecillinam testing
Muna Abu Sin¹ , Esther Wohlfarth² , Anja Klingeberg¹ , Tim Eckmanns¹ , Michael Kresken³ , Evelyn Kramme⁴ , Guido Werner⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Unit Healthcare-associated Infections, Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Consumption, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Germany ² Antiinfectives Intelligence GmbH, Cologne, Germany ³ Paul Ehrlich Society for Infection Therapy, c/o Antiinfectives Intelligence GmbH, Cologne, Germany ⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany ⁵ Unit Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Abu Sin Muna, Wohlfarth Esther, Klingeberg Anja, Eckmanns Tim, Kresken Michael, Kramme Evelyn, Werner Guido. Letter to the editor: Antimicrobial resistance data and treatment guidelines – challenges in the context of urine samples and mecillinam testing. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(32):pii=2300418. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.32.2300418 Received: 08 Aug 2023; Accepted: 10 Aug 2023

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