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Disease/health condition - Meningitis
Discipline - Clinical microbiology
Antibacterial susceptibility testing
Setting:
2. Laboratory
Tiered Testing Service:
District hospital with laboratory Regional or provincial hospital with laboratory
Assay format
Manual techniques
Information History
First added in 2020
Changed in 2024
Purpose type
Aid to diagnosis
Purpose
Final step in selection of appropriate antibiotics after species identification and interpretation by EUCAST and CLSI guidelines.
Specimen types
Bacterial isolates
WHO prequalified or recommended products
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GMDN

63869

Multiple antibacterial susceptibility testing kit IVD

A collection of reagents and other associated materials containing a range of antibacterial/antibiotic agents (i.e., drugs intended for treatment and/or prevention of a bacterial infection), that may be impregnated on individual testing discs or in a strip format, intended to be used to determine the antibacterial susceptibility profile of a specific bacterial microorganism (excluding mycobateria), in a clinical specimen and/or culture isolate.

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EMDN

W01040805

MANUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING

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WHO supporting publications
World Health Organization. (‎2025)‎. WHO guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/381006
Technical specifications
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SAGE IVD recommended including this test in the EDL on the basis of the scientific validity of the analyte. It was recognized that the test is a foundational IVD test and is included in clinical guidelines.
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The inclusion of this test was based on WHO guidelines and/or technical documents that include recommendations for the use of this test.
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