External quality assessment of bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in African national public health laboratories, 2011-2016
O. Perovic, A. A. Yahaya, C. Viljoen, J.-B. Ndihokubwayo, M. Smith, S. O. Coulibaly, L. de Gouveia, C. J. Oxenford, S. B. F. Cognat, J. A. Frean
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an external quality assessment program for bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in African public health laboratories from 2011-2016, finding that while identification scores were generally acceptable, antimicrobial susceptibility testing performance was poor.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2019Microbiology