CCDR: Volume 48-11/12, November/December 2022: Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship

Table of contents

Editorial
Short-course antibiotic therapy: The next frontier in antimicrobial stewardship
D Sheppard

Commentary
Moving the needle on dental antibiotic overuse in Canada post COVID-19
S Sutherland, K Born, S Singhal

Overview
The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: Keeping an eye on antimicrobial resistance in Canadian hospitals since 1995
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities: Past interventions and implementation challenges
N Vyas, T Good, J Cila, M Morrissey, D Gravel Tropper

Overview of Canada's Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet): A data-driven One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance surveillance
W Rudnick, SN Mukhi, RJ Reid-Smith, GJ German, A Nichani, MR Mulvey, the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group, and the Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Working Group

Hospital and related resource costs associated with antimicrobial-resistant infections in Canada, 2019
A Diener, H Wang, M Nkangu

National Hepatitis C estimates: Incidence, prevalence, undiagnosed proportion and treatment, Canada, 2019
N Popovic, A Williams, S Périnet, L Campeau, Q Yang, F Zhang, P Yan, J Feld, N Janjua, M Klein, M Krajden, W Wong, J Cox

Survey Report
Understanding Canadians' knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use: Results from public opinion research
A-L Crago, S Alexandre, K Abdesselam, D Gravel Tropper, M Hartmann, G Smith, T Lary

Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms in smaller Canadian hospitals: Community, Rural, and Northern Acute Care Point Prevalence (CNAPP-19) Survey, 2019
S Thomas, D Gravel Tropper, B Knight, D Sheppard, T Lary, J Mackenzie, G German, C Frenette, K Bush, J Ellison, J Happe, J Shurgold

Surveillance
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Canada, 2020
R Thorington, P Sawatzky, B Lefebvre, M Diggle, L Hoang, S Patel, P Van Caessele, J Minion, R Garceau, M Matheson, D Haldane, G Gravel, MR Mulvey, I Martin

Advisory Committee Statement
Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Rapid Response: Updated interim guidance on Imvamune in the context of ongoing monkeypox outbreaks
N Forbes, O Baclic, R Harrison, N Brousseau on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Infographic
Infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis in Canada, 2021

Letter to the Editor
Response to letter: "Circular logic and flawed modelling compromises non-pharmaceutical intervention paper's conclusions"
NH Ogden, P Turgeon, A Fazil, J Clark, V Gabriele-Rivet, T Tam, V Ng

COVID Brief
Is there protective immunity after an Omicron infection?

Appreciation
Thank you to the CCDR peer reviewers of 2022