Category Antibiograms
Antibiograms for Hunter New England Region 2024
The collated antibiograms by region for 2024, have been compiled by Dr Rob George, Pathology NSW are now available on the HNE intranet at this location. This is the summary report: HNE_antibiogram_-_2024
Antibiograms for HNELHD 2022
Collated antibiograms compiled by Dr Rob George, Pathology NSW are now available via the HNE intranet at this location . This is the summary report : Antibiograms_2022_-_HNE_LHD
Wasted spectrum 101 – amoxicillin+clavulanate overuse
Amoxicillin+clavulanate (Augmentin) is an important broad spectrum agent that includes Gram negative anaerobic coverage (see below). We rely on it for a variety of complex infections, often as a second line. Compared with amoxycillin alone, the incidence of gastrointestinal, hepatic and haematological side effects is significantly higher for amoxicillin+clavulanic acid. It may be associated with a […]
What are cumulative antibiograms ?
Antibiograms summarise local antimicrobial susceptibility in order to guide appropriate antimicrobial prescribing. Ideally they are updated annually by microbiology services to provide a current picture of bacterial susceptibility and the local incidence of key sentinel resistant pathogens.
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Anaerobic susceptibility data – Australia and New Zealand – updated 2019
This posting summarises all the work that can be found – I would welcome advice about any additional studies. Image: Bacteroides fragilis Gram stain from http://microbe-canvas.com/. Australia Teng-JC et al. Victoria-wide data 2018: 416 isolates (Gram pos and neg), almost all were metronidazole, meropenem and augmentin susceptible. 75% of Gram neg isolates were clindamycin susceptible. […]