Antimicrobial Resistance references

HPA Reports on Antimicrobial Resistance

• 2006: Antimicrobial resistance in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 2007 report
• 2004 - 2005: Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in England and Wales, 2004 - 2005
• 2001 - 2003:Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in England and Wales (PDF, 770 KB)
  
  
• 2000:Antimicrobial Resistance in 2000 England and Wales (PDF, 306 KB)
  
  

Other Reports

• Investigations into multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strains causing infections in England
• Standing Medical Advisory Committee Sub-Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, The path of least resistance
• Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006; vol 58 (Supplement S1):  Antibiotic resistance--action to promote new technologies: report of an EU Intergovernmental Conference held in Birmingham, UK, 12-13 December 2005
• House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, 1998.  Resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents.

HPA Publications on Antimicrobial Resistance

• Livermore DM,  et al.  CTX-M: changing the face of ESBLs in Europe. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007; 59 : 165-74.
• Woodford N, Ellington MJ. The emergence of antibiotic resistance by mutation. Clin Microbiol Infect 2007; 13 : 5-18
• Livermore DM,  Woodford N. The ?-lactamase threat in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter . Trends Microbiol. 2006; 14 : 413-20
• Johnson AP, et al. Surveillance and epidemiology of MRSA bacteraemia in the UK. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Sep; 56(3):455-62. PMID: 16046464
• Duckworth G, et al. Surveillance for S. aureus bacteraemias is compulsory. BMJ 2002;324:240-1. PMID: 11809663