# Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU), Division: Clinically Resistant (R)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

a micro-organism is defined as resistant by a level of antimicrobial activity associated with a high likelihood of therapeutic failure
a micro-organism is categorised as resistant (R) by applying the appropriate breakpoint in a defined phenotypic test system
this breakpoint may be altered with legitimate changes in circumstances

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.2/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.2/division-4
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