Improving Confirmatory Testing for the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network in Ethiopia

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 41; no. S1; pp. s287 - s288
• Main Authors: Wadhwa, Ashutosh, Parsons, Michele, Beyene, Degefu, Assefa, Dawit, Alebachew, Gebrie, Hazim, Carmen, Westercamp, Matthew, Kanter, Theresa, Thomas, Elizabeth, Dinku, Surafel Fentaw, Hailu, Kibra, Mohamed, Aynalem, Mitiku, Mequanit, Omondi, Michael, Gallagher, Kathleen, Berhanu, Amare, Halpin, Alison, Bollinger, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Antimicrobial agents; Bacteriology; Disease control; Drug resistance; Health surveillance; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Mycology; Public health; Surveillance

Background: In July 2017, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) launched an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance network at 4 sentinel laboratories. The National Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology Laboratory (NRL) at EPHI performs monthly confirmatory testing on a subset of isolates su...