Other Antimicrobial Resistance Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Working Group on Water and Health	3rd Meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health Proceedings, including the meeting report and working papers, from this meeting held March 11-12, 2004 in Budapest, Hungary on issues related to the Protocol on Water and Health and other related topics. Includes discussion of water- related disease surveillance, antibacterial resistance, and more. Also available is the document "Establishing a compliance review mechanism under the 1999 Protocol on Water and Health". (more) Event Dates: Thursday, March 11, 2004 - Friday, March 12, 2004 Publication Date: Thursday, March 11, 2004	Mar 4, 2004
	Doyle, M. Ellin	Alternatives to Antibiotic Use for Growth Promotion in Animal Husbandry Overview of means of growth promotion in animals other than the use of antibiotics. Includes some discussion of the development of antibiotic resistance. (more) Publication Month: April 2001	May 7, 2003
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Antimicrobial Resistance Information on antimicrobial resistance and CVM’s control activities.	Aug 31, 2001
	Claycamp, H. Gregg	Case Studies in Antimicrobial Resistance Risk Analysis Presentation on risk analysis for antimicrobial resistance. It was presented at the 2003 CSL/JIFSAN Joint Symposium - Food Safety and Nutrition: Risk Analysis. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003	Jun 18, 2003
	European Food Safety Authority	The Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2004 Report on zoonotic agents and zoonoses in the EU in 2004. Includes data on levels of agents in foods and foodborne outbreaks and on antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E. coli. (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	WHO Working Group Consultation	Critically Important Antibacterial Agents for Human Medicine for Risk Management Strategies of Non-human Use: Report of a WHO Working Group Consultation, 15-18 February 2005, Canberra, Australia This report provides a list of critically important antibacterials for humans and explains the criteria for defining the list. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Event Dates: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - Friday, February 18, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, February 18, 2005	Oct 11, 2005
	Shukla, Sanjay	Determination of allelic diversity in the mec operon of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin Overview of a study of the allelic diversity in the mec operon in a group of MRSA isolates and of how mutations in the mec operon of these isolates correlates with oxacillin MICs, antibiograms, and PFGE profiles. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2002	Jun 24, 2002
	World Health Organization	Drug-resistant Salmonella Fact sheet on drug-resistant Salmonella, including background information on salmonellosis and discussion of consequences to human health of drug-resistant Salmonella. (more) Publication Month: April 2005	Jul 18, 2005
	Ge, B.; McDermott, P.; White, D.G.; Meng, J.	Efflux Pumps & Gyrase A Gene Mutation on Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni/coli Presentation given at the Research Presentation Symposium held November 18, 2004. Deadline: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004	Aug 10, 2005
	Doyle, M. Ellin	Emergence of a Highly Virulent Strain of Salmonella typhimurium This review discusses Salmonella typhimurium DT104, including foodborne transmission and antibiotic resistance factors. Publication Month: January 1997	May 14, 2003
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Assessment of the Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Residues from Food of Animal Origin on the Human Intestinal Flora Guidance regarding an approach for assessing the microbiological safety of antimicrobial drug residues in food. Publication Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2004	Feb 20, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)/World Health Organization	Joint FAO/OIE/WHO 2nd Workshop on Non-human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance: Management Options Executive summary and full report from this workshop held March 15-18, 2004 in Oslo, Norway. The workshop covered risk management options with respect to antimicrobial resistance from non-human antimicrobial usage and possible future directions for Codex, FAO, WHO, and OIE with respect to this issue. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Mar 30, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)/World Health Organization	Joint First FAO/OIE/WHO Expert Consultation on Non-human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance: Scientific Assessment Executive summary, background document, and full report from this expert workshop on agricultural and veterinary use of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance. The workshop was held December 1-5, 2003 in Geneva. (more) Event Dates: Monday, December 1, 2003 - Friday, December 5, 2003 Publication Month: December 2003	Oct 1, 2003
	Vose, David	Lecture to USDA-FSIS on the Future of Antimicrobial Risk Analysis Presentation that discusses the pros and cons of FDA's Guidance 152, the politics and controversies surrounding the CVM-Vose fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter risk assessment (including defense against criticisms of the assessment), and future needs to retain the credibility of risk analysis. (more) Publication Month: September 2004	Nov 5, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the FEEDAP Panel on the Updating of the Criteria Used in the Assessment of Bacteria for Resistance to Antibiotics of Human or Veterinary Importance Opinion adopted on May 25, 2005 regarding the assessment of bacteria for resistance to antibiotics. Includes discussion of breakpoint values as indicative of the need for further assessment of the basis for the resistance. Also includes discussion of the use of the distinction between intrinsic and acquired resistance as an indicator of the probability of transfer of resistance. (more) Publication Date: Monday, June 27, 2005	Jun 29, 2005
	Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on the Use of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Plants. (Question No EFSA-Q-2003-109) Opinion adopted on April 2, 2004 regarding the use of antibiotic resistance genes as marker genes. Publication Date: Friday, April 16, 2004	Apr 22, 2004
	Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Proposed Framework for Evaluating and Assuring the Human Safety of the Microbial Effects of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs Intended for Use in Food-Producing Animals This report describes a risk-based framework for evaluating the safety of antimicrobial animal drugs used in food-producing animals. This page links to the framework and to comments about it. (more)	May 16, 2002
	Gay, Kathryn, Kevin Joyce, Jennifer E. Stevenson, Frederick J. Angulo, the NARMS Working Group, and Timothy J. Barrett	Quinupristin/dalfopristin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Human Stools, Retail Chicken and Retail Pork: EIP Enterococci Project Presentation describing the Emerging Infections Program for antimicrobial-resistant Enterococci, including conclusions about the threats posed to human health. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2002	Jun 24, 2002
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Salmonella typhimurium DT 104 This document provides an overview of Salmonella typhimurium DT 104. It includes discussion of incidence, characteristics, antibiotic resistance, sources, foods involved, and control methods. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 11, 1997	Aug 9, 2002
	Hogue, Allan, et al.	Situation Assessment: Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 This report identifies Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 as a foodborne pathogen and examines risk management factors. It includes data on the number of human isolations of DT104, the prevalence of S. Typhimurium DT104 in animals, risk factors for animal and human infection, clinical features in humans, control methods in humans, economic impact, priority rating, and comparison to other pathogens. (more) Publication Month: December 1997	Aug 8, 2002
	PRNewswire	Survey Shows Decline in Antibiotic Use in Animals; Decrease From 1999 to 2001 Despite Increased Meat Production News release on a survey of animal health companies regarding antibiotic use in animals. Publication Date: Sunday, September 29, 2002	Jun 26, 2003
	Vose, David	Towards a Risk Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Presentation from the symposium "Towards a Risk Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance", Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung (BfR), Berlin. Includes background information on risk analysis and microbial risk assessment and discusses challenges associated with assessing the risk of antimicrobial resistance. (more) Publication Date: Monday, November 10, 2003	Jul 1, 2004
		UK Publicly Funded Research Relating to Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC): Update, September 2004 Review of research related to VTEC that was funded by members of the Microbiological Safety of Food Funders Group between 1999 and 2003. Includes such topics as risk assessment, reduction and elimination, microbial antibiotic resistance, detection, microbial physiology and genetics, pathogenicity, epidemiology, and surveillance. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 10, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)/World Health Organization	Use of Antiviral Drugs in Poultry, a Threat to Their Effectiveness for the Treatment of Human Avian Influenza: A Joint FAO/OIE/WHO Statement Statement that urges Member States not to use antiviral drugs in animals. Deadline: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, November 11, 2005	Dec 13, 2005
	Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada	Veterinary Drugs Directorate Canadian agency that works to ensure the safety of foods derived from animals given veterinary drugs. The website includes information on issues such as antimicrobial resistance, extra-label use of veterinary drugs, veterinary drug residues, and more. (more)	Jul 29, 2002

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