Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010

The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) performs regular period-prevalence studies to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance in selected enteric Gram-negative pathogens. The 2010 survey focussed on community-onset infections, examining isolates from urinary tract infections from...

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Main Authors: Turnidge, J., Gottlieb, T., Mitchell, D., Coombs, Geoffrey, Pearson, J., Bell, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18055
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author Turnidge, J.
Gottlieb, T.
Mitchell, D.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Pearson, J.
Bell, J.
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Mitchell, D.
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Bell, J.
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description The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) performs regular period-prevalence studies to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance in selected enteric Gram-negative pathogens. The 2010 survey focussed on community-onset infections, examining isolates from urinary tract infections from patients presenting to outpatient clinics, emergency departments or to community practitioners. Two thousand and ninety-two Escherichia coli, 578 Klebsiella species and 268 Enterobacter species were tested using a commercial automated method (Vitek 2, BioMérieux) and results were analysed using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints from January 2012. Of the key resistances, non-susceptibility to the third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone, was found in 3.2% of E. coli and 3.2%-4.0% of Klebsiella spp. Non-susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin were 5.4% for E. coli, 1.0%-2.3% for Klebsiella spp., and 2.5%-6.6% in Enterobacter spp, and resistance rates to piperacillin-tazobactam were 2.8%, 3.2%-6.9%, and 16.8%-18.0% for the same 3 groups respectively. Only 3 strains, 2 Klebsiella spp. and 1 Enterobacter spp, were shown to harbour a carbapenemase (IMP-4).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-180552017-05-30T08:13:23Z Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010 Turnidge, J. Gottlieb, T. Mitchell, D. Coombs, Geoffrey Pearson, J. Bell, J. The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) performs regular period-prevalence studies to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance in selected enteric Gram-negative pathogens. The 2010 survey focussed on community-onset infections, examining isolates from urinary tract infections from patients presenting to outpatient clinics, emergency departments or to community practitioners. Two thousand and ninety-two Escherichia coli, 578 Klebsiella species and 268 Enterobacter species were tested using a commercial automated method (Vitek 2, BioMérieux) and results were analysed using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints from January 2012. Of the key resistances, non-susceptibility to the third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone, was found in 3.2% of E. coli and 3.2%-4.0% of Klebsiella spp. Non-susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin were 5.4% for E. coli, 1.0%-2.3% for Klebsiella spp., and 2.5%-6.6% in Enterobacter spp, and resistance rates to piperacillin-tazobactam were 2.8%, 3.2%-6.9%, and 16.8%-18.0% for the same 3 groups respectively. Only 3 strains, 2 Klebsiella spp. and 1 Enterobacter spp, were shown to harbour a carbapenemase (IMP-4). 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18055 restricted
spellingShingle Turnidge, J.
Gottlieb, T.
Mitchell, D.
Coombs, Geoffrey
Pearson, J.
Bell, J.
Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title_full Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title_fullStr Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title_full_unstemmed Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title_short Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2010
title_sort australian group on antimicrobial resistance community-onset gram-negative surveillance program annual report, 2010
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18055