[1] EARS-Net tracks resistance rates reported in routine clinical antimicrobial susceptibility data from local and clinical laboratories, gathered by national surveillance programs and laboratory networks.
Only data from invasive isolates (blood and cerebrospinal fluid) are included in EARS-Net.
[2] The antibiotics for which resistance is tracked varies by species, and is based on EUCAST recommendations.
The information documented are antibiotic resistance which are determined according to the EUCAST standard.
[1] However, in January 2010, it was transferred to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) where it was renamed EARS-Net.