WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CLSI has recently published the annual update of the well-known antimicrobial susceptibility testing standard, Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Eighteenth Informational Supplement (M100-S18), which provides updates of the latest recommendations for detecting emerging resistance of aerobic bacteria—arranged in tabular format. The “breakpoints” included in the supplement are defined as specific values on the basis of which bacteria can be assigned to the clinical categories of susceptible, intermediate, or resistant.