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Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2013.
Authors: Coombs GW, Nimmo GR, Daly DA, Le TT, Pearson JC, Tan HL, Robinson JO, Collignon PJ, McLaws ML, Turnidge JD, Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Abstract From 1 January to 31 December 2013, around Australia 26 institutions around Australia participated in the Australian Staphylococcal Sepsis Outcome Programme (ASSOP). The aim of ASSOP 2013 was to determine the proportion of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) isolates in Australia that are antimicrobial resistant, (with particular emphasis on susceptibility to methicillin) and to characterise the molecular epidemiology of the isolates....
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2013.
In conclusion, the AESOP 2013 has shown enterococcal bacteraemias in Australia are frequently caused by polyclonal ampicillin-resistant high-level gentamicin resistant vanB E. faecium, which have limited treatment options. Commun Dis Intell 2014;38(4):E320-E326. PMID: 25631594 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Enterobacteriaceae Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2013.
Authors: Turnidge JD, Gottlieb T, Mitchell DH, Coombs GW, Daly DA, Bell JM, Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Abstract The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance performs regular period-prevalence studies to monitor changes in antimicrobial resistance in selected enteric Gram-negative pathogens. The 2013 survey focussed for the first time on blood stream infections. Four thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight Enterobacteriaceae species were tested using commercial automated methods (Vitek® 2, BioMérieux; Phoenix™, BD). The results were analysed using Clinical and Laboratory Standards In...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual report, 2013.
This report from the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program, together with collaborating laboratories Australia-wide, describes the rotavirus genotypes responsible for the hospitalisation of children with acute gastroenteritis during the period 1 January to 31 December 2013. During the survey period, 1,035 faecal samples were referred for rotavirus G and P genotype analysis. Of these 828 were confirmed as rotavirus positive. A total of 503 specimens were collected from children under 5 years of age, while 325 were from older children and adults. Genotype analysis of the 828 rotavirus samples collected from both children...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2013.
Authors: Deverell M, Zurynski YA, Elliott EJ, all chief investigators of APSU surveillance studies PMID: 25631597 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia, update to December 2013.
Authors: Klug GM, Boyd A, Sarros S, Stehmann C, Simpson M, McLean CA, Masters CL, Collins SJ Abstract Nation-wide surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, based at the University of Melbourne. Surveillance has been undertaken since 1993. Over this dynamic period in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy research and understanding, the unit has evolved and adapted to changes in surveillance practices and requirements, the emergence of new disease subtypes, improvements in diagno...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2011.
Authors: Bareja C, Waring J, Stapledon R, Toms C, Douglas P, National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee, for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia Abstract The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System received 1,385 tuberculosis (TB) notifications in 2011, representing a rate of 6.2 cases per 100,000 population. While Australia has maintained a rate of 5 to 6 cases per 100,000 for TB since the mid-1980s, there has been a steady increase in incidence over the past decade. In 2011, Australia's overseas-born population continued to represent the majority of TB notifications (88%) with a no...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically-confirmed cases and drug resistance, 2011: A report of the Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network.
Authors: Lumb R, Bastian IB, Jelfs PJ, Keehner TJ, Pandey SK, Sievers A Abstract The Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network collects and analyses laboratory data on new cases of disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In 2011, a total of 1,057 cases were identified bacteriologically; an annual reporting rate of 4.6 cases per 100,000 population. Eighteen children aged less than 15 years plus an additional 11 children from the Torres Strait Protected Zone had bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis. Results of in vitro drug susceptibility testing were available for 1,056 iso...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Future reporting of tuberculosis in Australia.
Authors: Lumb R PMID: 25631601 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2013.
Authors: OzFoodNet Working Group PMID: 25631602 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

National notifiable diseases surveillance system, 1 july to 30 september 2014.
Authors: PMID: 25631603 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian gonococcal surveillance programme, 1 april to 30 june 2014.
Authors: Lahra MM PMID: 25631604 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Meningococcal surveillance Australia, 1 July to 30 September 2014.
Authors: Lahra MM, Enriquez RP, Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme PMID: 25631605 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian sentinel practices research network, 1 july to 30 september 2013.
Authors: Chilver MB, Blakeley D, Stocks NP, Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network PMID: 25631606 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Essential components of a tuberculosis control program within Australia.
Authors: National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee PMID: 25631607 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 31, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research