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

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

Amitabh B Suthar  1 , Patrick K Moonan  1 , Heather L Alexander  1
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Towards national systems for continuous surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: Lessons from tuberculosis

Amitabh B Suthar et al. PLoS Med. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: ABS is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

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