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. 2014 Dec;52(12):4381-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01776-14. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

External quality assessments for microbiologic diagnosis of diphtheria in Europe

Leonard Both  1 , Shona Neal  1 , Aruni De Zoysa  1 , Ginder Mann  1 , Ida Czumbel  2 , Androulla Efstratiou  3 ; Members of the European Diphtheria Surveillance Network
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External quality assessments for microbiologic diagnosis of diphtheria in Europe

Leonard Both et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

The European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN) ensures the reliable epidemiological and microbiologic assessment of disease prevalence in the European Union. Here, we describe a survey of current diagnostic techniques for diphtheria surveillance conducted across the European Union and report the results from three external quality assessment (EQA) schemes performed between 2010 and 2014.

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Diphtheria diagnostic methods. (A) Methods for biochemical identification of corynebacteria among 32 European countries; (B) methods for toxigenicity testing of corynebacteria among 30 European countries; (C) serological methods used among EDSN members for measuring population immunity. Passive haem., passive hemagglutination assay. AMR, antimicrobial resistance.
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