Penicillinase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae from St Thomas' Hospital 1976-1990--the first fifteen years.

Warren, Christine; Phillips, Ian

doi:10.1136/sti.69.3.201

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“…Even though previous efforts on the part of both individual scientists and pharmaceutical firms—mostly from Europe—must be acknowledged [2–5], most current activities in the field of antimicrobial resistance surveillance are rooted in the 1995 ASM Task Force Document [6], the primary aim of which was ‘to assist the preparation of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility reports that would prove useful to clinicians in the selection of the most appropriate agents for empirical antimicrobial therapy’.…”

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“…Even though previous efforts on the part of both individual scientists and pharmaceutical firms-mostly from Europe-must be acknowledged [2][3][4][5], most current activities in the field of antimicrobial resistance surveillance are rooted in the 1995 ASM Task Force Document [6], the primary aim of which was 'to assist the preparation of cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility reports that would prove useful to clinicians in the selection of the most appropriate agents for empirical antimicrobial therapy'. National surveillance systems (or data collections) arose in Europe in response to two different driving forces, broadly reflecting the two main political and economic assets that dominated our continent throughout the Cold War period, namely:…”

Section: Historical Background: the Past Decadementioning

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European recommendations for antimicrobial resistance surveillance

Cornaglia

Hryniewicz

Jarlier

et al. 2004

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

131

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The problem of antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Europe has been debated extensively in many excellent documents issued by national committees that often assume the value of national guidelines. However, a comprehensive document addressing the whole matter from a European perspective, as well as reviewing its present status and drafting future perspectives, has been lacking. The present recommendations have been produced by the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS) through a consensus process involving all members of the Study Group. The recommendations focus on the detection of bacterial resistance and its reporting to clinicians, public health officers and a wider-and ever-increasing-audience. The leading concept is that the basis for resistance monitoring is microbiological diagnostics. The prerequisites for resistance monitoring are findings of adequate quality and quantity, which have been recorded properly and evaluated correctly. Different types of surveillance studies should fulfil different requirements with regard to data collection and reporting, the expected use of data, and the prerequisites for networking such activities. To generate relevant indicators, bacterial resistance data should be reported using adequate denominators and stratification. Reporting of antimicrobial resistance data is necessary for selection of empirical therapy at the local level, for assessing the scale of the resistance problem at the local, national or international levels, for monitoring changes in resistance rates, and for detecting the emergence and spread of new resistances types. Any type of surveillance study should conclude, where appropriate, with a proposal for intervention based on the data obtained.

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Section: Historical Background: the Past Decadementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Historical Background: the Past Decadementioning

confidence: 99%

European recommendations for antimicrobial resistance surveillance

Cornaglia

Hryniewicz

Jarlier

et al. 2004

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

131

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“…However, it should be noted that resistance does not always follows the use of antibiotics (e.g., Streptococcus pyogenes are still sensitive to penicillin despite the selective pressure to which other respiratory pathogens have responded). Furthermore the resistance can diminish in some organisms for reasons that are unrelated to antibiotic use: disappearance of "hospital staphylococcus" of the 1960s as the diminution in the incidence of β-lactamase-producing gonococci in UK (Warren et al, 1993).…”

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