Towards national systems for continuous surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: Lessons from tuberculosis

PLoS Med. 2018 Sep 14;15(9):e1002658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002658. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Abstract

In a Perspective on the research article from Jacobson and colleagues, Amitabh Suthar and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discuss the importance of and considerations for developing real-time and large-scale reporting systems for tracking and controlling antimicrobial resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • National Health Programs / trends
  • Public Health Surveillance / methods*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*