Category Archives: A/m resistance

REVIVE Antimicrobial Encyclopaedia

Posted on December 8, 2020 by mdjkf

The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) has announced the launch of their new resource, the Encyclopaedia – REVIVE (gardp.org). A great new resource!    This resource includes definitions of terms from the field of antimicrobials including ‘Active Pharmaceutical … Continue reading →

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Cumulative antibiogram example – 2018 – Port Moresby General Hospital

Posted on September 2, 2020 by mdjkf

ANTIBIOGRAM PMGH 2018 final Cumulative antibiograms summarise the collective susceptibility of bacterial isolates against various antibiotics. Prepared by Drs Jacklyn Joseph and John Ferguson, August 2019. Isolates were cultured from PMGH inpatients and outpatients served by the PMGH Laboratory. Outpatients … Continue reading →

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Quality microbiological diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing explained

Posted on February 29, 2020 by mdjkf

Our recent ‘Lessons from the Field’ paper is now (freely) available via the Western Pacific Surveillance and Response journal It is focused on implementation of quality testing in Pacific Island nations.  Clinicians and others may be interested in the answers … Continue reading →

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UPNG May revision M Med sessions – presentations and further references

Posted on May 2, 2017 by mdjkf

2nd May 2017 UPNG Infection prevention and control including TB IC Ferguson– presentation The incredible story of Dr Ignaz Semmelweis in Vienna, Austria. Hand Hygiene Australia- education resource page – see the Hand Hygiene Dance from Geneva demonstrate the 5 Moments and ‘Glen’s … Continue reading →

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Antibiotic resistance and prescribing presentation & quiz- Year 5 UPNG

Posted on February 16, 2017 by mdjkf

Here is a copy of the presentation from the session given to year 5 Medicine students, February 2017 : year-5-presentation-ferguson-2017-b.  Please send me your comments or further questions or put down a comment on this web posting! Here are the pre-session … Continue reading →

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Extrapolating key antibiotic susceptibilities for Staphylococcus aureus

Posted on July 20, 2016 by mdjkf

Originally posted on AIMED – Let's talk about antibiotics:
Indicator antibiotic tested Result Extrapolates to Also susceptible (but not first line) Betalactamase production and/or penicillin susceptibility ? Susceptible ? ? benzylpenicillin ampicillin/ amox dicloxacillin flucloxacillin cephalexin cefazolin Later generation…

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Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance dilemmas and key questions

Posted on October 6, 2015 by mdjkf

Originally posted on AIMED – Let's talk about antibiotics:
Helicobacter pylori infection is thought to be the most common bacterial infection worldwide. Whilst the prevalence of H. pylori is decreasing rapidly in Europe, Australia and the USA, where on average 10-15% of…

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Antimicrobial resistance: WHY it matters, HOW did it arise and WHAT can we do about it – PNG focus

Posted on September 7, 2015 by mdjkf

Global status of AMR with focus on PNG Medical Symposium Sept 2015 Why does AMR matter? Antimicrobial resistance kills- mortality higher for resistant pathogens AMR hampers the control of infectious diseases – prolonged infectivity – eg. MDR-TB AMR increases the … Continue reading →

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Role of pathologists (microbiology) in antimicrobial resistance control – presentation from PNG symposium

Posted on September 4, 2015 by mdjkf

PNG symposium , pathologist meeting presentation –  Role of pathologists in AMR control Ferguson PNG Sept 2015. Microbiology underpins every process to do with AMR control (see graphic from react.org below).  Pathology registrars and pathologists need to develop expertise across … Continue reading →

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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) – EUCAST, CLSI, ECOFFs and Clinical Breakpoint determination

Posted on August 21, 2015 by mdjkf

EUCAST is increasingly becoming the dominant international standard for various reasons and its procedures and documentation, including breakpoint tables are available online for free.  For a recent overview of EUCAST, see this Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2014 lecture (free access). … Continue reading →

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