Leclercq et al. \strong{EUCAST expert rules in antimicrobial susceptibility testing.} \emph{Clin Microbiol Infect.} 2013;19(2):141-60. \href{https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03703.x}{(link)}
\item EUCAST Expert Rules, Intrinsic Resistance and Exceptional Phenotypes Tables. Version 3.1, 2016. \href{https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/Expert_Rules/Expert_rules_intrinsic_exceptional_V3.1.pdf}{(link)}
\item EUCAST Intrinsic Resistance and Unusual Phenotypes. Version 3.2, 2020. \href{https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/Expert_Rules/2020/Intrinsic_Resistance_and_Unusual_Phenotypes_Tables_v3.2_20200225.pdf}{(link)}
\item EUCAST Breakpoint tables for interpretation of MICs and zone diameters. Version 9.0, 2019. \href{https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/Breakpoint_tables/v_9.0_Breakpoint_Tables.xlsx}{(link)}
\item EUCAST Breakpoint tables for interpretation of MICs and zone diameters. Version 10.0, 2020. \href{https://www.eucast.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/EUCAST_files/Breakpoint_tables/v_10.0_Breakpoint_Tables.xlsx}{(link)}
\item{col_mo}{column name of the IDs of the microorganisms (see \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}}), defaults to the first column of class \code{\link{mo}}. Values will be coerced using \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}}.}
\item{rules}{a character vector that specifies which rules should be applied. Must be one or more of \code{"breakpoints"}, \code{"expert"}, \code{"other"}, \code{"all"}, and defaults to \code{c("breakpoints", "expert")}. The default value can be set to another value, e.g. using \code{options(AMR_eucastrules = "all")}.}
\item{verbose}{a \link{logical} to turn Verbose mode on and off (default is off). In Verbose mode, the function does not apply rules to the data, but instead returns a data set in logbook form with extensive info about which rows and columns would be effected and in which way. Using Verbose mode takes a lot more time.}
The input of \code{x}, possibly with edited values of antibiotics. Or, if \code{verbose = TRUE}, a \link{data.frame} with all original and new values of the affected bug-drug combinations.
Apply rules for clinical breakpoints and intrinsic resistance as defined by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST, \url{https://eucast.org}), see \emph{Source}.
\strong{Note:} When ampicillin (AMP, J01CA01) is not available but amoxicillin (AMX, J01CA04) is, the latter will be used for all rules where there is a dependency on ampicillin. These drugs are interchangeable when it comes to expression of antimicrobial resistance.
The file containing all EUCAST rules is located here: \url{https://github.com/msberends/AMR/blob/master/data-raw/eucast_rules.tsv}.
\subsection{'Other' rules}{
Before further processing, two non-EUCAST rules about drug combinations can be applied to improve the efficacy of the EUCAST rules, and the reliability of your data (analysis). These rules are:
Important examples include amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, and trimethoprim and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Needless to say, for these rules to work, both drugs must be available in the data set.
Since these rules are not officially approved by EUCAST, they are not applied at default. To use these rules, include \code{"other"} to the \code{rules} parameter, or use \code{eucast_rules(..., rules = "all")}.
To define antibiotics column names, leave as it is to determine it automatically with \code{\link[=guess_ab_col]{guess_ab_col()}} or input a text (case-insensitive), or use \code{NULL} to skip a column (e.g. \code{TIC = NULL} to skip ticarcillin). Manually defined but non-existing columns will be skipped with a warning.
The following antibiotics are used for the functions \code{\link[=eucast_rules]{eucast_rules()}} and \code{\link[=mdro]{mdro()}}. These are shown below in the format 'name (\verb{antimicrobial ID}, \href{https://www.whocc.no/atc/structure_and_principles/}{ATC code})', sorted alphabetically:
The \link[=lifecycle]{lifecycle} of this function is \strong{stable}. In a stable function, major changes are unlikely. This means that the unlying code will generally evolve by adding new arguments; removing arguments or changing the meaning of existing arguments will be avoided.
If the unlying code needs breaking changes, they will occur gradually. For example, a parameter will be deprecated and first continue to work, but will emit an message informing you of the change. Next, typically after at least one newly released version on CRAN, the message will be transformed to an error.
All reference data sets (about microorganisms, antibiotics, R/SI interpretation, EUCAST rules, etc.) in this \code{AMR} package are publicly and freely available. We continually export our data sets to formats for use in R, SPSS, SAS, Stata and Excel. We also supply flat files that are machine-readable and suitable for input in any software program, such as laboratory information systems. Please find \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/articles/datasets.html}{all download links on our website}, which is automatically updated with every code change.
On our website \url{https://msberends.github.io/AMR} you can find \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/articles/AMR.html}{a comprehensive tutorial} about how to conduct AMR analysis, the \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/reference}{complete documentation of all functions} (which reads a lot easier than here in R) and \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/articles/WHONET.html}{an example analysis using WHONET data}. As we would like to better understand the backgrounds and needs of our users, please \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/survey.html}{participate in our survey}!
