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. 2017 Feb 23;15(2):e04694. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4694

Table 5.

Antimicrobials reported, method used, type of data reported and interpretive criteria applied by MSs for human Campylobacter AST data in 2015

Country Ciprofloxacin Co‐amoxiclav Erythromycin Gentamicin Tetracyclines Method used Quantitative (Q) or categorical (SIR) Interpretive criteria
Austria DL Q Interpreted by ECDC. EUCAST ECOFF (CIP, ERY, GEN, TET), CA‐SFM CBP 2015 (AMC)
Cyprus DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Denmark DL Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Estonia DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Finland DD/DLG Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
France DD SIR EUCAST CBP 2013 (CIP, ERY, TET), CA‐SFM CBP 2015 (AMC, GEN)
Iceland DD/DLG SIR EUCAST CBP 2015
Italy DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Lithuania DD SIR EUCAST CBP 2015
Luxembourg DD/DLG Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Malta DLG/DD/DL SIR EUCAST CB 2014
Netherlands DD/DL SIR Survey in 12 clinical labs in NL in 2009 (Ned Tijdschr Med Microbiol 2009;17:nr1)
Norway DL Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Portugal DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Romania DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Slovakia DL SIR In 2013, CLSI CB
Slovenia DD Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
Spain DLG Q Interpreted by ECDC, as for Austria
United Kingdom DD/DL/DLG SIR Varies depending on clinical microbiology laboratory

MSs: Member States; AST: antimicrobial susceptibility testing; DD: disk diffusion; DL: dilution; DLG: dilution with gradient strip; Q: quantitative data; SIR: susceptible, intermediate, resistant (categorical data); ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EUCAST: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; CA‐SFM: French Society for Microbiology; ECOFF: epidemiological cut‐off; CBP: clinical breakpoint; CIP: ciprofloxacin; ERY: erythromycin; GEN: gentamicin; TET: tetracycline; AMC: amoxicillin/clavulanate.

Antimicrobials tested.