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AGAR PUBLICATIONS

The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance regularly publishes documents containing crucial pieces of information, which are available for access online.

You can view the titles of our AGAR Publications and their authors below.

Title:

MRSA: A Tale of Three Types – 15 years of survey data from AGAR

AUTHOR:

John Turnidge, Geoffrey Coombs, Denise Daley, Graeme Nimmo and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) 2000-2014

JOURNAL/POSTER:

AURA Technical Series No.1

Title:

The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) 2014 Australian Enterococcus Sepsis Outcome Program (AESOP)

AUTHOR:

D. Daley, G. Coombs, J. Pearson, Y-T. Lee, S. Pang, O. Robinson, P. Johnson, D. Kotsanas, J. Bell, J. Turnidge

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2016 Melbourne

Title:

The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) 2014 Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Outcome Program (ASSOP)

AUTHOR:

D. Daley, G. Coombs, G. Nimmo, Y-T. Lee, J. Pearson, O. Robinson, P. Collignon. B. Howden, J. Bell, J. Turnidge on behalf of the Austrlain Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2016 Melbourne

Title:

Teicoplanin seems comparable to linezolid and daptomycin for the treatment of vanB Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia

AUTHOR:

O. Robinson, G. Coombs, D. Daley, B. Howden, P. Johnson, J. Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2015 Brisbane

Title:

Enterobacteriaceae Sepsis Outcome Program (EnSOP) 2013: Part A The susceptibility data

AUTHOR:

J. Bell, J. Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2015 Brisbane

Title:

Enterobacteraceae Sepsis Outcome Program (EnSOP) 2013: Part B The clinical outcomes

AUTHOR:

J. Bell, J. Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2015 Brisbane

Title:

2013 Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Program (ASSOP)

AUTHOR:

D. Daley, G. Coombs, G. Nimmo, T. Le, J. Pearson, H-L. Tan, O. Robinson, P. Collignon, M-L. McLaws, J. Turnidge on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2015 Brisbane

Title:

2013 Australian Enterococcus Sepsis Program (AESOP)

AUTHOR:

D. Daley, G. Coombs, J. Pearson, T. Le, O. Robinson, T. Gottlieb, B. Howden, P. Johnson, C. Bennett, T. Stinear, J. Turnidge on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2015, Brisbane

Title:

Australian enterococcal sepsis outcome program, 2011

AUTHOR:

Coombs GW, Pearson JC, Le T, Daley DA, Robinson JO, Gottlieb T, Howden BP, Johnson PD, Bennett CM, Stinear TP, Turnidge JD; Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2014 Sep 30;38(3):E247-52 PMID: 25391408

Title:

Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Program annual report, 2012

AUTHOR:

Geoffrey W Coombs, Denise A Daley, Julie C Pearson,Graeme R Nimmo, Peter J Collignon, Mary-Louise McLaws, James O Robinson, John D Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013;38 (1) March 2014

Title:

Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2012

AUTHOR:

John D Turnidge, Thomas Gottlieb, David H Mitchell, Geoffrey W Coombs, Denise A Daley, Jan M Bell for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013;38 (1) March 2014

Title:

Hospital-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program annual report, 2011

AUTHOR:

John D Turnidge,Thomas Gottlieb, David H Mitchell, Geoffrey W Coombs, Julie C Pearson, Jan M Bell for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013:38 (1) March 2014

Title:

The 2012 Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Community-Onset Staphylococcus aureus Ceftaroline Susceptibilty Surveillance Program

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, D. Daley, J. Turnidge

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2014 Melbourne

Title:

The Molecular Epidemiology of Enterococcal Bacteraemia: Results from the AGAR Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Program

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, J. Pearson, D. Daley, T. Le, O. Robinson, T. Gottlieb, B. Howden, P. Johnson, C. Bennett, T. Stinear, J. Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2014 Melbourne

Title:

The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance 2012 Community-Onset Staphylococcus aureusSurveillance Program

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, D. Daley, J. Pearson, G. Nimmo, P. Collignon, M-L. McLaws, O. Robinson, J. Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2014 Melbourne

Title:

The Molecular Epidemiology of Enterococcal Bacteraemia in Australia

AUTHOR:

Geoffrey W Coombs, Julie C Pearson, Denise A Daley, Tam Le, Owen J Robinson, Thomas Gottlieb, Benjamin P Howden, Paul DR Johnson, Catherine M Bennett, Timothy P Stinear, John D Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

J. Clin. Microbiol. 2014, 52(3):897

Title:

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Program Annual Report, 2011

AUTHOR:

Geoffrey W Coombs, Graeme R Nimmo, Julie C Pearson, Peter J Collignon, Jan M Bell, Mary-Louise McLaws, Keryn J Christiansen, John D Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013;37(3):E210-E218

Title:

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Enterococcus Surveillance Program Annual Report 2010

AUTHOR:

Geoffrey W Coombs, Julie C Pearson, Keryn Christiansen,Thomas Gottlieb, Jan M Bell, Narelle George, John D Turnidge for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013;37(3):E199-E209

Title:

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Community-onset Gram-negative Surveillance Program Annual Report, 2010

AUTHOR:

John D. Turnidge, Thomas Gottlieb, David H. Mitchell, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Julie C. Pearson, Jan M. Bell for the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2013;37(3):E219-E223

Title:

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant S. aureus isolated from Australian hospital inpatients: Report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance 2011 Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Program

AUTHOR:

Geoffry W. Coombs, Julie C. Pearson, Graeme R. Nimmo, Peter J. Collignon, Jan M. Bell, Mary-Louise McLaws, Keryn J. Christiansen, John D. Turnidge, Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Vol 1, Iss.3, Sep 2013, P149-156

Title:

The 2011 Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Hospital-Onset Staphylococcus aureus Ceftaroline Susceptibility Surveillance Program

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, J. Turnidge, J. Pearson, K. Christiansen

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2013, Sydney

ECCMID 2013, Berlin

Title:

The 2011 Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Hospital-Onset Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility Surveillance Program (SAP 2011)

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, J. Pearson, G. Nimmo, K. Christiansen, P. Collignon, J. Bell, M-L. McLaws

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2013, Sydney

Title:

2010 MSD Australian Ertapenem Susceptibility Study.

AUTHOR:

J Bell, J Pearson, J Turnidge

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Brisbane, 2012

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Title:

AGAR SAP10: Molecular Epidemiology of MRSA in the Australian Community.

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, J Pearson, G Nimmo, K Christiansen

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Brisbane, 2012

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Title:

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in Australia; Results of the AGAR studies.

AUTHOR:

J Bell, J Pearson, J Turnidge

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Brisbane, 2012

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Title:

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients, 2009.

AUTHOR:

G Nimmo, J Pearson, P Collignon, K Christiansen, G Coombs, J Bell and M-L McLaws on behalf of AGAR

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell 2011;35(3):237-243

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Title:

Vancomycin resistant enterococci in Australia: results of the AGAR surveys 1995 to 2010

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, K Christiansen, J Turnidge, J Bell, T Gottlieb and N George on behalf of the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Melbourne, 2011

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Title:

A Shift in the Epidemiology of Community Onset MRSA Infections in Australia

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, J Pearson, S Cramer, G Nimmo and K Christiansen on behalf of the Australian Group on ANtimicrobial Resistance.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society of Microbiology, Sydney, 2010

Title:

Community Onset MRSA Infections in Australia: A Tale of Two Clones.

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, G Nimmo, J Pearson, S Cramer and K Christiansen.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Sydney, 2010

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Title:

Daptomycin Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Infections in Australia.

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, J Bell, G Coombs, S Cramer and J Fox.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Sydney, 2010.

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Title:

ESBL Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Australia; Results of the AGAR Studies (2004-2008; preliminary 2009).

AUTHOR:

J Bell, J Pearson, K Christiansen and J Turnidge on behalf of the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials, Sydney, 2010.

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Title:

Widespread dissemination of the Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive ST93-MRSA-IV clone in the Australian community

AUTHOR:

G. Coombs, J. Pearson, G. Nimmo, K. Christiansen on behalf of the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, Austria, 2010

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Title:

Prevalence of MRSA strains among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from outpatients, 2006: Report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, G Nimmo, J Pearson, K Christiansen, Jan Bell, P Collignon, M-L McLaws and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2009;33:10-20

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Title:

Resistance Trends in Gram-negative Bacteria in Australia

AUTHOR:

J Bell

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 2008 National Meeting, Melbourne, Australia

Title:

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistances in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Australia 2005: Report from the Australian group on Antimicrobial Resistance

AUTHOR:

T Gottlieb, P Collignon, J Robson, J Pearson, J Bell and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Communicable Disease Intelligence, 2008; 32:242-249.

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Title:

Epidemiology and outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Australian hospitals, 2005–06: Report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

AUTHOR:

J Turnidge, G Nimmo, J Pearson, T Gottlieb, P Collignon and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Communicable Disease Intelligence, 2007; 31:398-403.

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Title:

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus isolates in Australia 2005: Report from the Australian group on Antimicrobial Resistance

AUTHOR:

K Christiansen, John Turnidge, J Bell, N George and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2007;31:392-397

Title:

Prevalence of MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Hospital Inpatients, 2005: Report from the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

AUTHOR:

G Nimmo, J Pearson, P Collignon, K Christiansen, G Coombs, J Bell, M-L McLaws and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

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Title:

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistances in Common Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in Australia, 2004: Report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, J Turnidge, C Franklin, J Bell and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

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Title:

Molecular Epidemiology of MRSA in Australian Hospitals

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, J Pearson, F O’Brien and K Christiansen on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2007 – The Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA), Melbourne Australia February 22nd – 24th 2007

Title:

Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistance in Australia – the AGAR 2005 Data

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, T Gottlieb, P Collignon, J Robson and J Bell on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2007 – The Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA), Melbourne Australia February 22nd – 24th 2007

Title:

Enterococcal Resistance in Australia – the AGAR 2005 Data

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, K Christiansen, J Turnidge, J Bell and N George on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2007 – The Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA), Melbourne Australia February 22nd – 24th 2007

Title:

Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae Resistance in Australia – the AGAR 2004 Data

AUTHOR:

J Pearson, J Turnidge, J Bell and C Franklin on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2007 – The Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA), Melbourne Australia February 22nd – 24th 2007

Title:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Australian community: an evolving epidemic.

AUTHOR:

G Nimmo, G Coombs, J Pearson, F O’Brien, K Christiansen, J Turnidge, I Gosbell, P Collignon and Mary-Louise McLaws, on behalf of the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

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Title:

Detection of Panton-Valentine Leucocidin Toxin in Australian Community MRSA

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, H-L Tan, J Pearson, D Morgan, F O’Brien and K Christiansen

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society of Microbiology (ASM), Canberra Australia Sept 25-29, 2005

Title:

Genetic Diversity among Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Causing Outpatient Infections in Australia

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, G Nimmo, J Bell, F Huygens, F O’Brien, M Malkowski, J Pearson, A Stephens, P Giffard and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

WEBSITE URL LINK

Title:

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, Australia

AUTHOR:

P Collignon, G Nimmo, T Gottlieb and I Gosbell on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

WEBSITE URL LINK

Title:

Cefoxitin Resistance as a Surrogate Marker for the Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

AUTHOR:

C Fernandes, L Fernandes and P Collignon on behalf of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

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Title:

Community MRSA Clones Isolated in Australia: The AGAR 2002 Data

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, J Pearson, M Malkowski, F O’Brien, G Nimmo, K Christiansen

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2004 – Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA)
Sydney Australia February 26th – 28th 2004

Title:

Fifteen years of surveillance by the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

AUTHOR:

G Nimmo, J Bell, P Collignon

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Commun Dis Intell. 2003;27 Suppl:S47-54

Title:

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Australian Teaching Hospital, 1989 – 1999

AUTHOR:

G Nimmo, J Bell, D Mitchell, I Gosbell, J Pearman and J Turnidge.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Microbial Drug Resistance. 2003;9:155-160

Title:

Community MRSA in Australia

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, M Malkowski, J Pearson, K Christiansen, J Bell, G Nimmo and the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
San Diego, USA. September 27th – 30th 2002

Title:

Epidemic MRSA in Australia

AUTHOR:

GW Coombs, MJ Malkowski, JC Pearson JM Bell, GR Nimmo and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

10th International Symposia on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections
Tsukuba Japan. October 16 – 19, 2002

Title:

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. In Australian Teaching Hospitals, 1992 – 1998

AUTHOR:

J Bell, L Mulgrave, K Christiansen and J Turnidge

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2002 – Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA)
Sydney Australia February 28th – March 2nd 2002

Title:

NORSA and MORSA in the Community: Epidemiology – The AGAR Data

AUTHOR:

GW Coombs

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Antimicrobials 2002 – Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA)
Sydney Australia February 28th – March 2nd 2002

Title:

The Last Decade of MRSA in Australian Hospitals

AUTHOR:

Alison Vickery, Jan Bell and the Australian Group on Antibiotic Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

2001 Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.
Perth 30th September – 5th October 2001.

Title:

Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococci in Australian Teaching Hospitals

AUTHOR:

Jan Bell, Lorna Fernandes, Geoff Coombs and Clarence Fernandes

JOURNAL/POSTER:

11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey 1 – 4 April 2001. Citation: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 7 Supplement 1, 2001.

Title:

Non-Multiresistant Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (NORSA) in Australia – an Increasing Problem with Different Community Origins

AUTHOR:

John Turnidge, Jan Bell and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherpay, Toronto Canada, 2000

Title:

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Australian Hospitals from 1991 to 1998

AUTHOR:

Alison Vickery, Jan Bell and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

9th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Kolding, Denmark 2000

Title:

Use of a combination cefpodoxime/clavulanate disc to screen for extended spectrum á-lactamases in Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli.

AUTHOR:

Clark R and Bell J

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1998 National Conference

Title:

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australia

AUTHOR:

Collignon P, Gosbell I, Vickery A, Nimmo G, Stylianopoulos T, and Gottlieb T.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Lancet 1998 352:145-146

Title:

A National Collaborative Study of the In Vitro Activity of Oral Cephalosporins and Loracarbef (LY 163892)

AUTHOR:

Benn R.A.V., Fernandes C.J., Nimmo G.R. and the Australian Group for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR)

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Pathology 1997; 29:79-83

Title:

The independent evolution of resistance to ciprofloxacin, rifampicin, and fusidic acid in methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australian teaching hospitals

AUTHOR:

Gottlieb T, and Mitchell D

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1998; 42: 67-73

Title:

In vitro Sensitivities of Australia – Wide Extended – Spectrum Beta – Lactamase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from the 1994 AGAR Survey

AUTHOR:

Benson S., and Stingemore N.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1997 National Conference

Title:

Multi – Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

AUTHOR:

Bell J.M., Gratten M., Strachan J., and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1997 National Conference

Title:

Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus in Australia

AUTHOR:

Bell J.M., Fernandes C.J., and Coombs G. W.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1996 National Conference

Title:

Evolution of Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Australian Teaching Hospitals

AUTHOR:

Turnidge J.D., Nimmo G.R., and Francis G.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Medical Journal of Australia Vol 164, January 1996; 68 – 71

Title:

Drug – Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae : The Beginning of the End for Many Antibiotics ?

AUTHOR:

Collignon P.J.,Bell J.M., and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Medical Journal of Australia 1996 164:64 – 67

Title:

Antimicrobial Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Australia

AUTHOR:

Collignon JM, Bell J.M., and the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1995 National Conference

Title:

Laboratory Problems in the Detection of Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

AUTHOR:

Bell J.M.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1995 National Conference

Title:

Multi Centre Collaborative Study for the In Vitro Evaluation of New Macrolides Dirithromycin and Erythromycylamine.

AUTHOR:

Fernandes C.J., Benn R.A., Nimmo G.R. and the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Pathology 1995; 27, 74 – 78.

Title:

Antimicrobial Resistance Prevalence in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in Australian Teaching Hospitals in 1992

AUTHOR:

Bell J., Turnidge J.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1994 National Conference.

Title:

The Detection of Methicillin resistance in the Coagulase Negative Staphylococci by the Replicator Agar Dilution Method

AUTHOR:

Coombs G.W., Xanthis, C.P., Wilson R.D., Boehm J.D., and Fernandes C.J.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1993 National Conference.

Title:

Characterisation of MRSA by RFLP Analysis

AUTHOR:

Winter D.B., Doyle R.M., Lim I.S., and Hallas G.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1993 National Conference.

Title:

A National Survey of Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in Australian Teaching Hospitals.

AUTHOR:

Turnidge J., Lawson P., Munro R., and Benn R.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Medical Journal of Australia 1989;150:65 – 72.

Title:

Typing of Australian Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis.

AUTHOR:

Wei M.Q., and Grubb W.B.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Journal of Medical Microbiology 1992;37:187-191

Title:

Streptococcus pneumoniae: How Common is Penicillin Resistance in Australia?

AUTHOR:

Collignon P.J., and Bell J.M.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 1992;22:473

Title:

A National Collaborative Study of Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents in Haemophilus influenzae in Australian Hospitals.

AUTHOR:

Collignon P.J., Bell J.M., MacInnes S.J., Gilbert G.L., Toohey M.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1992 30, 153 – 163.

Title:

The Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Among Clinical Isolates of Haemophilus influenzae in Australia; A Collaborative Study.

AUTHOR:

Collignon P.J., Bell J.M., Gilbert G.L., MacInnes S.J., Toohey M.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Australian Society for Microbiology 1991 National Meeting.

Title:

Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated in Australian Hospitals From 1986 to 1990.

AUTHOR:

Vickery A.M.

JOURNAL/POSTER:

Journal of Hospital Infection. 1993 24, 139-151.

Title:

Nosocomial Infections Due to Community MRSA Clones

AUTHOR:

G Coombs, J Pearson, F O’Brien, G Nimmo and K Christiansen

JOURNAL/POSTER:

47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, USA 2007