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Table 2.3 Diverse antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programs
Country
Regulatory body/ Surveillance Program Link
Testing
protocol
United States
National Antimicrobial Resistance
Monitoring System (NARMS)
www.cdc.gov/narms/index.html
CLSI
Denmark
Danish Integrated Antimicrobial
Resistance Monitoring and Research
Programme (DANMAP)
http://www.danmap.org
CLSI
Germany
German Resistance Monitoring in
Veterinary Medicine (GERM-Vet)
http://vetline.de/17079309/150/3130/69483
CLSI
Netherlands
Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance
and Antibiotic Usage in Animals in the
Netherlands (MARAN)
http://www.wageningenur.nl/nl/
ExpertisesDienstverlening/Onderzoeksinstituten/
Central-Veterinary-Institute/Publicaties-CVI/ MARANRapporten.htm
CLSI
Italy
Italian Veterinary Antimicrobial
Resistance Monitoring programme
(ITAVARM)
http://195.45.99.82:800/pdf/itavarm.pdf
CLSI
Canada
Canadian Integrated Program for
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
(CIPARS)
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cipars-picra/ index-eng.php CLSI
Sweden
Swedish Veterinary Antimicrobial
Resistance Monitoring programme
(SWEDRES & SVARM.)
http://www.sva.se/en/antibiotika/svarm-reports
SRGA
Japan
Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial
Resistance Monitoring programme
(JVARM)
http://www.maff.go.jp/nval/tyosa_kenkyu/taiseiki/
monitor/e_index.html
JSC until
2000, CLSI
after 2000
Norway
Norwegian Surveillance System for
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
(NORM-VET)
https://www.vetinst.no
MIC based
automated
system
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