National action plans for antimicrobial resistance and variations in surveillance data platforms
Scott J C Pallett, Esmita Charani, Lois Hawkins, Andrea Mazzella, Vanesa Antón-Vázquez, Rishi Banerjee, Terry John Evans, Benjamin Patterson, Sathyavani Subbarao, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Marina Basarab, Aodhán S. Breathnach, Nabeela Mughal, Luke Moore
Abstract
Objective: To assess how national antimicrobial susceptibility data used to inform national action plans vary across surveillance platforms. Methods: -tests, and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, we assessed susceptibility data and number of isolate concordances between platforms. Findings: -value: 0.04) platforms. Conclusion: The considerable heterogeneity of nationally submitted data to commonly used antimicrobial resistance surveillance platforms compromises their validity, thus undermining local and global antimicrobial resistance strategies. Hence, we need to understand and address surveillance platform variability and its underlying mechanisms.