The strategy of decreasing antimicrobial prescribing to reduce existing antimicrobial
resistance appears attractive, but its effectiveness, particularly in the community setting …

Antimicrobial resistance due to the continuous selective pressure from widespread use of
antimicrobials in humans, animals and agriculture has been a growing problem for decades …

A total of 460 Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus spp. collected from respiratory
infections during 2000 was tested for their susceptibility to 15 selected antibiotics. Overall …

There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance in
sub-Saharan Africa. This may increase health-care costs due to patients' needs for more …

A multicentre, collaborative study was performed in Asia and Europe during the winter of
1997–1998 to determine the in vitro activity of selected antimicrobial agents against …

The discovery of antimicrobial agents was one of the major events of the twentieth century.
However, with the 'antibiotic era'barely five decades old, we are now faced with the global …

Politicians and public health officials have joined specialist professionals in recognising
antibiotic resistance as a threat to modern medicine. Their response has centred on …

The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, EUCAST, aims to change
the definition of the 'Intermediate'susceptibility category. In 2015 EUCAST consulted on a …

Reports of infections with drug-resistant microorganisms are included in the National
Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This …

Routine susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens has been seen as one of the most
important functions of diagnostic microbiology laboratories, but there are powerful …