CCDR: Volume 42-11, November 3, 2016: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Guest Editors: Jacqueline Arthur and Kanchana Amaratunga

Table of contents

Editorial
How is an international public health threat advanced in Canada? The case of antimicrobial resistance
Tsegaye L, Huston P, Milliken R, Hanniman K, Nesbeth C, Noad L

Surveillance
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance trends in Canada: 2014
Ebrahim M, Gravel D, Thabet C, Abdesselam K, Paramalingam S, Hyson C

Reports
Advancing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: Summary of the 2015 CIDSC Report
Amaratunga K, Tarasuk J, Tsegaye L, Archibald CP on behalf of the 2015 Communicable and Infectious Disease Steering Committee (CIDSC) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Task Group

Advancing antimicrobial stewardship: Summary of the 2015 CIDSC Report
Khan F, Arthur J, Maidment L, Blue D on behalf of the 2015 Communicable and Infectious Disease Steering Committee (CIDSC) Antimicrobial Use (AMU) Stewardship Task Group

ID News
At United Nations (UN), global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance

Investigation of Escherichia coli harboring the mcr-1 Resistance Gene - Connecticut, 2016