USherbrooke, bioMérieux, CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS to create centre of excellence

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The Université de Sherbrooke, CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, and diagnostics company bioMérieux have signed a three-year agreement to create a Canadian center of excellence focused on antimicrobial stewardship. Researchers from the three organizations will work together to provide better care for the Quebec and Canadian population through antimicrobial resistance management. USherbrooke Professor Simon Lévesque said that the designation will foster international collaboration and networking opportunities, encourage academic exchanges, and strengthen USherbrooke’s microbiology lab’s diagnostic capabilities.

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