What the WHO's List of Essential Diagnostics means for clinical microbiology laboratories and antimicrobial stewardship practice worldwide

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Jan;25(1):6-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.013. Epub 2018 Aug 24.

Authors

E Yusuf¹, R L Hamers²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Biology (Medical Microbiology), Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology and Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 30145402
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Antibiotic stewardship; Clinical microbiology; Diagnostic; Low- and middle income countries; WHO.

MeSH terms

Antimicrobial Stewardship / standards*
Clinical Laboratory Services / standards*
Developing Countries
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / instrumentation
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / standards*
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
World Health Organization*