ReviewAfrican journal of laboratory medicine2018
An overview of antimicrobial resistance surveillance among healthcare-associated pathogens in South Africa.
Review in African journal of laboratory medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Antibiotic Resistance and Phylogenetic Diversity ofMicroorganisms · 2026Article
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- Strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems: a scoping review.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Carbapenem resistance inAIMS microbiology · 2023Review
- Surveillance strategies using routine microbiology for antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021Review
- A novel antimicrobial polymer efficiently treats multidrug-resistant MRSA-induced bloodstream infection.Bioscience reports · 2019Article
- Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Africa: Successes, gaps and a roadmap for the future.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Healthcare-associated infections are a serious public health concern resulting in morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries. The lack of information from Africa, the increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of new resistance mechanisms intensifies this concern warranting the need for vigorous standardised surveillance platforms that produce reliable and accurate data which can be used for addressing these concerns. The implementation of national treatment guidelines, policies, antimicrobial stewardship programmes and infection prevention and control practices within healthcare institutions require a platform from which it can draw information and direct its approach. In this review, the importance of standardised surveillance systems, the challenges faced in the application of a surveillance system and the condition (existence and nonexistence) of such systems in African countries is discussed. This review also reports on some South African data.
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