Caribbean External Quality Assurance Program in Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance (PCC-CAR)
INFORMATIVE NEWSLETTER Nº49 – August 2026
Dear Colleagues of the «Caribbean External Quality Assurance Program in Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance»(PCC-CAR):
In the present newsletter, we are sending you the following documents:
- Clinical Practice Guideline by Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): 2025 Guideline on Management and Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Introduction and Methods. Trautner BW, Cortés-Penfield NW, Gupta K, Hirsch EB, Horstman M, Moran GJ, et al. https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/complicated-urinary-tract-infections/
- Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance governance across 193 countries to inform the 2026 Global Action Plan update. Chen W, Zeng Y, Zheng J, Wang J, Gu W, Li M, et al. Nat Med 32, 1362–1373 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04257-1
- Infectious Diseases Society of America 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections. Tamma PD, Bonomo RA, Heil EL, Justo JA. Satlin MJ, Mathers AJ. https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/amr-guidance/
- Infectious Diseases Society of America 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: Supplemental Material.
Best regards and we will keep in touch!
Alejandra Corso and Paula Gagetti.
Servicio Antimicrobianos
Regional Reference Laboratory on Antimicrobial Resistance (RRL)
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas
ANLIS «Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán».
Secretaria de Salud y Desarrollo Social
Av. Velez Sarsfield 563 (1281)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
+54 11 43032812