Meetings
List of upcoming and recent meetings on antibiotic resistance
Educational materials...list
Book: The
Antibiotic Paradox: How Miracle Drugs are Destroying the Miracle
Newsletter
with research and surveillance articles
Spanish
and English
online discussions about antibiotic resistance
References
Publications
The challenge
of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic
resistance: an ecological
imbalance
References
as of 1/01
Website links...list
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Through
research and surveillance projects, APUA defines resistance patterns
and trends in antibiotic prescription, and develops strategies
to curb antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic use.
- The Antibiotics in Agriculture letter was written to various members of the FDA to register APUA's protest of the impending approval of cefquinome, the lift on the ban on extra-label use of cephalosporins, and to recommend releasing risk analyses for antibiotics (such as
penicillin) with regard to development of resistance.
- The Gentamicin
Letter was written to various members of the
EPA as well as other governmental agencies to register APUA's
protest about the use of gentamicin as a pesticide on apples
in Michigan.
- Antibiotics
and the Consumer focuses on understanding the beliefs
and circumstances which motivate inappropriate use of antibiotics.
- Hygiene
for a Healthy Household, a gathering of experts in epidemiology,
risk analysis and public health to identify hygiene practices
likely to have the greatest capacity to reduce disease transmission
in the home.
- Measuring
the Economic Burden of Drug Resistance in the US, a
research project in partnership with bioMérieux
- Global surveillance
project, GAARD,
which aims to integrate data from the major surveillance systems
to move towards developing a global databank to monitor antibiotic
resistance trends.
GAARD
Report, 'Global Antimicrobial Resistance Alerts and Implications'
(UChicago Journals, Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases,
Vol. 41, Number 4, 15 August 2005, p. i-e44, etc.)
FULL REPORT-
The Need to Improve Antimicrobial Use in Agriculture
Ecological and Human Health Consequences
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cid/34/s3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Global Antimicrobial Resistance Alerts
and Implications
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/430780
INTRODUCTION
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/432443
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Select Findings, Conclusions, and
Policy Recommendations
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/430781
- Public awareness campaign, The Environmental Impact of Antibiotics, about how antibiotics interact with and change the environment.
- Non-pathogenic bacteria: First international research network and website, ROAR, on antibiotic resistance in non-pathogenic bacteria. Includes an archive of postings to the ROAR online discussion group.
- Antibiotics & Animals: Scientific research and educational program, FAAIR, regarding antibiotic use in animals and the impact on antibiotic resistance.
- International Research: APUA’s GRIP Program provides technical assistance and small research grants to research teams in developing countries for work on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Through the provision of targeted technical assistance with an emphasis on capacity building, GRIP-funded scientists in the Developing World will have a supportive environment in which to explore new areas of research vital to the development of area-appropriate interventions to contain AMR.
- Physician Survey of physicians in Massachusetts to determine
reasons for prescribing antibiotics that will enable us to develop tools to improve prescribing habits.
- International roundtables on antibiotic resistance surveillance
with participants from regulatory and scientific groups.
- Regional survey
regarding antibiotic use in Latin
America to determine physicians' knowledge and prescribing
practices.
Find out more about the research and surveillance projects
conducted by our international
chapters.
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