February 2, 2007 - CIPARS 2005 Preliminary Results Released

Groupe Contre la Résistance Antimicrobiens (GRAM) sl

Quebec Provincial Surveillance Program for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae et Moraxella catarrhalis. Data provided by the Groupe contre la Résistance aux Anti-Microbiens. (Microsoft PowerPoint format in French only)

Public Health Agency of Canada - Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

• IMPACT (immunization monitoring program, active) overview
• Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance: An Integrated Action Plan for Canadians
• Division of Disease Surveillance
• Division of Nosocomial and Occupational Infections
• Division of Enteric Food and Waterborne Disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases Home Page

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases- Search for Abstracts

CHICA (Community and Hospital Infection Control Association- Canada)

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Agri-Food and Aquaculture

Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use in Animals: Canadian Pilot Projects

Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network

March 29, 2007 - Report from Sweden on antibiotic utilisation and resistance
"Swedres 2005", the fifth report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance in human medicine, was presented in May 2006. Compared with the rest of Europe, antibiotic consumption and resistance levels in Sweden are relatively low. However, global travel and trade facilitate the spread of bacteria between countries and continents. As a consequence, also in Sweden, increasing resistance trends are seen for some pathogens, notably ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae.

CDC - Emerging Infectious Diseases Advanced Search

Centers for Disease Control- Antimicrobial Resistance

World Health Organization- Surveillance

EuroSurveillance - links to weekly and monthly publications

Please note that more links are available in the OVERVIEW -> International section

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)

• Low Prevalence of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci Gastrointestinal Colonization of Hospitalized Patients in Manitoba Tertiary Care and Community Hospitals. Zhanel et al. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Vol 11 No. 1. January/February 2000.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
(See below for the Community-Acquired MRSA)

• “National Post reports front page story on MRSA based on Canadian Communicable Disease Report”. Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian Hospitals - A Report Update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Community Acquired MRSA

• Strategies for Clinical Management of MRSA in the Community: Summary of an Experts’ Meeting Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Epidemic Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Modern Times for an Ancient Pathogen (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Treatment of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Severe Staphylococcal Sepsis in Adolescents in the Era of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Three-Year Surveillance of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Careful Use of Antibiotics in Washington State - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Guidelines MRSA Health Care Provider Information
• Information on community-acquired MRSA made available from the Mayo Clinic. October 2005 (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• Community-acquired MRSA is on the rise in Canada. A workshop on the issue will be held in Toronto on October 27 & 28, 2005. Current publications with more details on the problem are now available.
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Community- and Health Care-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Manitoba, Canada
  • Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Canada

Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP)

• New information on Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network. (Microsoft PowerPoint document)
• Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Macrolide-Resistant Group A Streptococcus Strains in the Province of Quebec. K Weiss et al. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. March 2001. Vol 47: 345-348
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Invasive Meningococcal Disease and Antibiotic Resistant Streptococcus pneunoniae

Haemophilus influenzae

• An outbreak of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) producing, multi-drug resistant (mdr) E. coli in long term care facilities. Muller MP, McGeer A, et al.Abstract I2, Conjoint Meeting of CACMID, CHICA & CIDS,Victoria,British Columbia, 4-8 November, 2001.
• Guidelines on Susceptibility Testing of Antibiotic-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae due to Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs)

• “CCAR released a report which provides a snapshot of Canadian capability for surveillance of antimicrobial resistant organisms and provides an assessment of the international programs that Canada may wish to emulate.”
• “CCAR is soliciting comments on the report which we recently commissioned entitled: Toward an International Report on Antimicrobial Resistance. Comments should be sent to ccar@shaw.ca by February 28, 2006.” (Adobe Acrobat Document)
• NIPA releases National Report Card on Antibiotic Resistance
  Commends efforts but sounds warning. (Microsoft Word Document)
• Health Canada Report on Nationwide Surveillance of AMR. (Microsoft Word document)
• Markov Model Data Set. (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet)