Aug 17, 2012 20:40
11 yrs ago
French term

R abbreviation

French to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals antibiotic resistance
Recommandations du Comité de l’Antibiogramme de la Société Française de Microbiologie (CA-SFM)
(version 2012)
S f = 1 mg/l et R > 2 mg/l
Streptococcus pneumoniae : S f 1 mg/L et R > 1 mg/L

What does "R" mean?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +8 resistant
5 -1 Resistor

Proposed translations

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resistant

"a microorganism is categorized as susceptible (S), intermediate (I) or resistant (R) by applying the appropriate breakpoint in a defined phenotypic test system"
(http://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/...
Peer comment(s):

agree sktrans
54 mins
agree Cyril B.
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agree liz askew : nice one!
11 hrs
agree Tristan Jimenez
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agree Bertrand Leduc
12 hrs
agree Salih YILDIRIM
13 hrs
agree Julia Graham (X) : http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/archives/fdaDrugInfo.cf...
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agree Jean-Louis S.
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Resistor

This should be the technical equivelant hereof in English language! Resistant means "Durable" as far as I know.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2012-08-18 10:07:44 GMT)
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PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER MY WRONG DEFINITION.
Peer comment(s):

disagree liz askew : I am disagreeing with your wrong definition.
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