Special issue on antimicrobial resistance (part 2)
Three review articles on emerging antimicrobial resistance in different bacterial species present an increasing problem in hospitals and other healthcare institutions in Europe
Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 47, 20 November 2008
Table of Contents
Editorials
by KG Kristinsson, DL Monnet
Antimicrobial resistance due to the continuous selective pressure from widespread use of antimicrobials in humans, animals and agriculture has been a growing problem for decades. In 2001, European Uni(...)
Rapid communications
by M Ruf, S Cohuet, H Maguire, LJ Brant, M Ramsay, S Lattimore, V Delpech, the SNAHC steering group
Preliminary findings suggest ongoing HCV transmission among MSM infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and that enhanced surveillance for newly acquired HCV in MSM is feasible.
Review articles
by TM Coque, G Werner, AM Hammerum, R Hope, W Hryniewicz, A Johnson, I Klare, KG Kristinsson, R Leclercq, CH Lester, M Lillie, C Novais, B Olsson-Liljequist, LV Peixe, E Sadowy, GS Simonsen, J Top, J Vuopio-Varkila, RJ Willems, W Witte, N Woodford
Nowadays, six types of acquired vancomycin resistance in enterococci are known; however, only VanA and to a lesser extent VanB are widely prevalent. Various genes encode acquired vancomycin resistance(...)
by TM Coque, F Baquero, R Canton
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have been increasingly reported in Europe since their first description in 1983. During the 1990s, they were described mainly as members of the TEM- and SHV-b(...)
by M Souli, I Galani, H Giamarellou
International and local surveillance networks as well as numerous reports in the biomedical literature provide evidence that the prevalence of antibiotic resistant Gram-negative bacteria is escalating(...)
Eurosurveillance Edition: 20 November 2008