The need for continued monitoring of antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from London and Malta

Simon W.J. Gould; Paul Cuschieri; Jessica Rollason; Anthony C Hilton; Sue Easmon; Mark D. Fielder

doi:10.1186/1476-0711-9-20

The need for continued monitoring of antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from London and Malta

Simon W.J. Gould, Paul Cuschieri, Jessica Rollason, Anthony C Hilton, Sue Easmon, Mark D. Fielder

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Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) worldwide. In 2001 The National Health Service in the UK introduced a mandatory bacteraemia surveillance scheme for the reporting of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). This surveillance initiative reports on the percentage of isolates that are methicillin resistant. However, resistance to other antibiotics is not currently reported and therefore the scale of emerging resistance is currently unclear in the UK. In this study, multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) profiles against fourteen antimicrobial drugs were investigated for 705 isolates of S. aureus collected from two European study sites in the UK (London) and Malta.

Original language	English
Article number	20
Pages (from-to)	20
Journal	Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-9-20
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2010

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Keywords

anti-bacterial agents
bacteremia
bacterial drug resistance
humans
London
Malta
microbial sensitivity tests
staphylococcal infections
staphylococcus aureus

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