Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the South African public sector

Olga Perovic; Husna Ismail; Erika Van Schalkwyk

doi:10.4102/sajid.v33i4.161

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases (Oct 2018)

Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the South African public sector

Olga Perovic,
Husna Ismail,
Erika Van Schalkwyk

Affiliations

Olga Perovic: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division in the National Health Laboratory Service Johannesburg; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Husna Ismail: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division in the National Health Laboratory Service Johannesburg
Erika Van Schalkwyk: Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Mycoses, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division in the National Health Laboratory Service Johannesburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v33i4.161
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 4
pp. 118 – 129

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Electronic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance was established in 2013 for public sector laboratories and released annually. This article reports susceptibility data on ESKAPE pathogens for 2016.

Published in Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2312-0053 (Print); 2313-1810 (Online)
Publisher: AOSIS
Country of publisher: South Africa
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://sajid.co.za

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