MDRO Beijing Consensus Meeting Report: Global burden of multidrug-resistant organisms' current antimicrobial resistance problems in Asia-Pacific

I M Gould; Gui-Qiang Wang; Jiunn-Jong Wu; V K E Lim; Jim Hutchinson; Tim Walsh; John Turnidge

doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2013.10.005

MDRO Beijing Consensus Meeting Report: Global burden of multidrug-resistant organisms' current antimicrobial resistance problems in Asia-Pacific

J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2014 Mar;2(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Nov 8.

Authors

I M Gould¹, Gui-Qiang Wang², Jiunn-Jong Wu³, V K E Lim⁴, Jim Hutchinson⁵, Tim Walsh⁶, John Turnidge⁷

Affiliations

¹ Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK. Electronic address: i.m.gould@abdn.ac.uk.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, The Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Medical Laboratory Science & Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁵ University of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada.
⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK.
⁷ Division of Laboratory Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 27873642
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.10.005

Abstract

The International Society of Chemotherapy's Working Groups on Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship convened a half-day workshop on the burden of multidrug-resistant organisms in the Asia-Pacific. This short review is a summary of their discussion and conclusions.

Keywords: Asia-Pacific; Bacteria; Control; Multidrug resistance.

Publication types

Review