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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Kazuyuki Shimada, Kawaguchi, JP;
Hitoshi Matsuo, Musashino, JP;
Satoshi Mitsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Otake, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kazuyuki Shimada, Kawaguchi, JP;
Hitoshi Matsuo, Musashino, JP;
Satoshi Mitsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Otake, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a bacteriological examination system, an expected range of drug sensitivity is calculated from the results of statistics of data acquired at past drug sensitivity tests. Testing panels accommodating drugs of different densities (ex. increasing by increments) covers the calculated expected range are selected for testing. An average-per-sample value of drug sensitivities of bacteria that reside in a hospital and an average-per-sample value of drug sensitivities of bacteria that reside in a limited region are preserved separately in a results-of-test database. A difference between statistical values of drug sensitivities of one bacterial species in a bacterial classification group residing in a hospital to an object drug and statistical values of drug sensitivities of the bacterial species residing in a limited region is calculated. The difference then is divided by the average-per-same value in the limited region. An average-per-bacterial species value is then obtained by averaging the difference-division values of the involved species to obtain a drug fastness index relative to the object drug.