Antimicrobial resistance : Global report on surveillance / World Health Organization, issuing body.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

World Health Organization, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-infective agents--Classification.

Anti-infective agents.

Drug resistance in microorganisms--Effect of drugs on.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report examines, for the first time, the current status of surveillance and information on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at country level worldwide, with particularly attention to antibacterial resistance.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Summary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; SECTION 01 Resistance to antibacterial drugs; 1.1 Background; 1.1.1 Limitations; 1.2 Regional surveillance of antibacterial resistance; 1.2.1 WHO African Region; 1.2.2 WHO Region of the Americas; 1.2.3 WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region; 1.2.4 WHO European Region; 1.2.5 WHO South-East Asia Region; 1.2.6 WHO Western Pacific Region; 1.3 References; SECTION 02 Resistance to antibacterial drugs in selected bacteria of international concern; 2.1 Availability of national resistance data; 2.1.1 Key messages

2.2 Resistance data on specific pathogens2.2.1 Escherichia coli - resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and to fluoroquinolones; 2.2.2 Klebsiella pneumoniae - resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and to carbapenems; 2.2.3 Staphylococcus aureus - resistance to methicillin; 2.2.4 Streptococcus pneumoniae - resistance (non-susceptibility) to penicillin; 2.2.5 Nontyphoidal Salmonella - resistance to fluoroquinolones; 2.2.6 Shigella species - resistance to fluoroquinolones; 2.2.7 Neisseria gonorrhoeae - decreased susceptibility to third-generation cephalosporins; 2.3 References

SECTION 03 The health and economic burden due to antibacterial resistance3.1 Methods; 3.2 Findings; 3.2.1 Health burden; 3.2.2 Economic burden; 3.3 Knowledge gaps; 3.4 Key messages; 3.5 References; SECTION 04 Surveillance of antimicrobial drug resistance in disease-specific programmes; 4.1 Tuberculosis; 4.1.1 Evolution of drug resistance in tuberculosis; 4.1.2 Surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis; 4.1.3 Global public health response to drug-resistant tuberculosis; 4.1.4 Notification of MDR-TB cases and enrolment on treatment

4.1.5 Public health implications: treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis4.1.6 Key messages; 4.2 Malaria; 4.2.1 Evolution of antimalarial drug resistance; 4.2.2 Surveillance of antimalarial therapeutic efficacy and resistance; 4.2.3 Global public health implications of antimalarial drug resistance; 4.2.4 Key messages; 4.3 HIV; 4.3.1 Surveillance of anti-HIV drug resistance; 4.3.2 Global public health implications of anti-HIV drug resistance; 4.3.3 Key messages; 4.4 Influenza; 4.4.1 Evolution of resistance in influenza viruses

4.4.2 Anti-influenza drug resistance4.4.3 Surveillance of anti-influenza drug resistance; 4.4.4 Public health implications of anti-influenza drug resistance; 4.4.5 Key messages; 4.5 References; SECTION 05 Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in other areas; 5.1 Antibacterial resistance in food-producing animals and the food chain; 5.1.1 Ongoing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals and food; 5.1.2 Integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria; 5.1.3 Antimicrobials of particular importance in human and veterinary medicine

5.1.4 Implications for human health from zoonotic transmission of resistant bacteria and genetic material

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-4-069266-5