16th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects - AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023 (DISTOMOS)

General Information

• Project title: Detection of tolerant strains in clinical microbiology cultures
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital
• Country: Israel (IL)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 1: to develop novel, or improve existing, diagnostics, including point of care diagnostics, that can rule out antimicrobial use or help identify the most effective antimicrobial treatment
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

• Keywords:

  tolerance; persistence; inpatients

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  We are looking for collaborators with research expertise in the field of antimicrobial tolerance

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  We would like to develop a screening method to detect antimicrobial tolerance as part of susceptibility testing in clinical microbiology cultures.

Amos Cahan

• Organisation: Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital
• Position: Consultant, infectious diseases
• E-mail: amosc@assuta.co.il