Box 1.

Time line of expansion of AMRSN network

Phase 1: Establishment of six Nodal Centres in 2013-2014
AIIMS, New Delhi: Enteric pathogens
CMC, Vellore: GNNF, Diarrhoeal pathogens
JIPMER, Puducherry: Gram-positives
PGIMER, Chandigarh: Enterobacteriaceae, Fungal pathogens
Phase 2: Inclusion of six Regional Centres in 2017
AFMC, Pune
Apollo, Chennai
Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
MGIMS, Sevagaram
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
Phase 3: Inclusion of 10 Regional Centres in 2018
AIIMS, Bhopal
AIIMS, Jodhpur
Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh
IPGMER, Kolkata
KGMU, Lucknow
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Nizam Hospital, Hyderabad
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
LTMGH, Sion, Mumbai
SKIMS, Srinagar

GNNF, Gram-negative non-fermenters; JIPMER, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research; RCs, regional centres; CMC, Christian Medical College; PGIMER, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research; IPGMER, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research; LTMGH, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Medical College SKIMS, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences; AFMC, Armed Forces Medical College; AIIMS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; MGIMS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences; KGMU, King George’s Medical University