Australian-based websites and email discussion groups
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) Australian Chapter
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/Chapters/Australia.html
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)
Australian Society for Microbiology
Communicable Diseases Intelligence (Journal)
Mycology Online
http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/
http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Laboratory_Methods/Antifungal_Susceptibility_Testing/
The Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity (CDS) users website
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/pathology%2Dcds/
Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic (version 12, 2003)
International-based websites and email discussion groups
Antibiotic Resistance Prevention and Control
APUA
Asian Network for the Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP)
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
Canadian Animal Health Institute
Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network (CBSN)
http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/research/cbsn.shtml
Canadian Pediatric Society
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance
Department of Health – UK
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/AntimicrobialResistance/fs/en
DoH (UK) Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (SACAR)
http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/sacar/
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
European Network for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology (ENARE)
http://www.ewi.med.uu.nl/enare/
FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antimicrobial/default.htm
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/antimicrobial/antimicrobial.html
Food safety research information office (FSIRO) US Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/topics/tpantimicrobial.htm
Harmony
http://www.harmony-microbe.net/
Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/vetdrugs-medsvet/amr_policy_dev_e.html
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
INSPEAR- International Network for the Study and Prevention of Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/SURVEILL/inspear.HTM
Intensive Care Antimicrobial resistance Epidemiology (ICARE) – Rollins School of Public Health and DHQP/CDC
http://www.sph.emory.edu/ICARE/
National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/narms/narms_pg.html
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/antimic.htm
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
http://www.cahi-icsa.ca/food-resistance.php
Reservoirs of Antimicrobial resistance (NIAID grant to APUA)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/ROAR/roarhome.htm
The Jones Group Antimicrobial Surveillance Programs
http://www.jmilabs.com/surveillance/programs.cfm
The Swedish Reference Group for Antibiotics (SRGA) and its subcommittee on methodology (SRGA-M)
WHO
http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/
WHO Antimicrobial Resistance Information Bank
http://oms2.b3e.jussieu.fr/arinfobank/
Email discussion groups
ProMED
Company sponsored sites
LIBRA (Bayer)
No registration required.
Respiratory and urinary tract infections.
Gets surveillance data from TSA and Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network and ANSORP and other surveillance programs sponsored by Bayer.
http://www.librainitiative.com/life/en/index.html
Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection (MYSTIC) (Astra Zeneca)
Registration required (short process).
Papers, abstract, posters, slide presentations.
Prospective Resistant Organism Tracking and Epidemiology of the Ketolide Telithromycin (PROTEKT)
(password protected)
Links pages
Health Protection Agency (UK)
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/antimicrobial_resistance/links.htm
IDlinks (Alan Tice’s website) – Antimicrobial resistance links
http://www.idlinks.com/antimicrobial_resistance.htm
Other sites
CDS
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/pathology-cds/
CLSI
Antimicrobial Resistance-Related Issues
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotic (Tuft University)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/home.html
Bugs and Drugs on the web (National Electronic Library of Infection)
http://www.antibioticresistance.org.uk
Action on Antibiotic Resistance (React)
http://www.react-group.org
CCAR (Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance)
http://www.ccar-ccra.com
Drug Resistance (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/drugresistance/en/
Antibiotic Resistance (US Food and Drug Administration)
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/anti_resist.html
Antibiotic Resistance Links (Stanford University)
http://www.stanford.edu/~dgurney/research/AntibioticResistanceLinks.html
MRSA
(a) MRSA General Information
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotic (Tuft University)
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/Patients/patient.html
The Bug Investigators (National Health Service)
http://www.buginvestigators.co.uk
Antibiotic Resistance (American Academy of Family Physicians)
http://familydoctor.org/659.xml
Why Files on Antimicrobial Resistance (University of Wisconsin)
http://whyfiles.org/038badbugs/index.html
Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse (Keep Antibiotics Working Group)
http://keepantibioticsworking.org
Consumer Education: Antibiotic Resistance (US Food and Drug Administration)
http://fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/antibiotics_text.htm
(b) MRSA Specific Information
MRSA Watch (Dave Roberts)
http://tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/
MRSA Information for the Public (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_public.html
MRSA Resources (WebRing)
http://mrsaresources.com/
MRSA Infection (Unknown Sponsor)
http://mrsainfection.org/
MRSA Support Group
http://mrsasupport.co.uk
Current Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Programs
(a) Academia/government Driven Programs
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (European Commission)
http://www.rivm.nl/earss
Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/abcs/
National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (CDC and FDA)
http://www.cdc.gov/narms
Invasive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology (under the auspices of CDC)
http://www.sph.emory.edu/ICARE/index.php
Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ARFID)
http://ansorp.org
Antimicrobial Resistance Info bank (WHO)
http://rhone.b3e.jussieu.fr/arinfobank/
(b) Industry Supported Programs and Sites
Mereopenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection (AstraZeneca)
http://www.mystic-data.org/
Alexander Network (GlaxoSmithKline)
http://www/alexandernetwork.com
LIBRA (Bayer)
http://www.librainitiative.com
Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Health Care Facilities
(a) Comprehensive Sites
Drug Resistance (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/healthcare/default.htm
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/index.html
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
http://www.apic.org
National resource for Infection Control (United Kingdom)
http://www.nric.org.uk
Global safety Challenge (WHO)
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/challenge/en/
Hospital Infection Society (United Kingdom)
http://www.his.org.uk
(b) Other Sites
Infection Control Service (Kingston General Hospital, Canada)
https://pathology.queensu.ca/
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AMR (Columbia University)
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/nursing/CIRAR/index.html
Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention Initiative (ASM/SHEA)
http://www.icaac.org/arpi.htm
Antibiotic Resistance Control and Prevention (European Commission)
http://www/abdn.ac.uk/arpac/index
BALTICCARE (International Federation of Infection Control and Baltic Network for Infection Control)
http://www.balticcare.org/Links.htm
Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (European Commission)