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Newsletter Number 30 (December 2019)

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In the News
Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR): 2018 Program Reports
On the Horizon - Lefamulin: A Novel Therapy for Gram-Positive and Atypical Organisms
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Newsletter Number 29 (Oct 2019)

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In the News
Staphylococcus aureus Infections and Hospitalisations (ISAIAH) in Australian Children
Optimising Antimicrobial Therapy Through the Use of Bayesian Dosing Programs
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Newsletter Number 28 (Jun 2019)

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In the News
The AUSNac Auracle
On The Horizon: Plazomicin
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Newsletter Number 27 (Apr 2019)

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Antimicrobials 2019: Reports by Travel Awards Winners
Antimicrobials 2019: President's Report
AntiFungal Drug Resistance in Candida Auris: A Guide to Detection and Genomic Insights
Antimicrobials 2019: Highlights
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Newsletter Number 26 (Dec 2018)

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In the News
AUSTRALIAN GROUP ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE 2017 SEPSIS OUTCOME PROGRAMS
Antimicrobials 2019
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Newsletter Number 25 (June 2018)

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In the News
Reflections on the Merino Trial: How the Sheep was Shorn
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Newsletter Number 24 (March 2018)

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In the News
First announcements from MRFF Targeted Call on AMR
WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System report
New UK recommendations for MDR Gram-negative bacteria
Antimicrobials 2018: Reports by Travel Award Winners
Antimicrobials 2018: President's Report
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Newsletter Number 23 (December 2017)

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In the News
Australian Government AMR Website
Proposed changes to EUCAST "Intermediate"
Call for participation: Australian EUCAST National AST Committee
Antimicrobials 2018
Antifungal Stewardship
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Newsletter Number 22 (October 2017)

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In the News
Antimicrobial Resistance Summit
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BMJ highlights AMR in South East Asia
WHO consultation on Antimicrobial Resistance
Using genomics to investigate carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Victoria
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Newsletter Number 21 (July 2017)

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In the News
Antimicrobial Resistance Summit: Effective Action on AMR in Australia
Funding for Research into Antimicrobials Resistance
New National Recommendations for CPE Control
Antimicrobials 2018
AGAR Update: The 2016 AGAR Surveillance Reports
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Newsletter Number 20 (March 2017)

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In the News
AMR Summit
WHO List of Bacteria for Which New Antibiotics are Urgently Needed
ASA Research Grant 2017
CARAlert Update
ASA Annual Report
Antimicrobials 2017 Reports by Travel Awards Winners
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Newsletter Number 19 (October 2016)

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In the News
Intravenous Posaconazole in Patients with Haematological Malignancies: Real World Experience
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Newsletter Number 18 (August 2016)

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In the News
Identification and Analysis by Whole Genome Sequencing of a MLST Allele Deficient Enterococcus faecium
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Newsletter Number 17 ( June 2016)

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In the News
Zoonotic Transmission of the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST612-IV Equine Strain
Vancomycin Resistant E. faecium: Not just a Breakpoint Issue
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Newsletter Number 16 (March 2016)

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In the News
EUCAST and CLSI Susceptibility Updates
Laboratory Studies of Fosfomycin: Identifying Drug Parameters to Predict Killing of Gram-negative Organisms
16th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiologists and Infection
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Newsletter Number 15 (November 2015)

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In the News
Antimicrobial Stewardship in General Practice
Antimicrobials 2016
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Newsletter Number 14 (July 2015)

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Isavuconazole: A New Kid on the Block?
Antimicrobials 2016
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Newsletter Number 13 ( May 2015)

In the News
Reflections from Antimicrobials 2015
Antimicrobial 2015 Report
ASA Research Grant Progress Report 2013-2014
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Newsletter Number 12 (February 2015)

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Sequencing Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids from the Enterobacteriaceae
CLSI and EUCAST News
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Newsletter Number 11 (December 2014)

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Antimicrobials 2015
Therapeutic Options for Resistant Gram Positive Organisms
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Newsletter Number 10 (October 2014)

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Antimicrobials 2015
Excerpts from the 16th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI)
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Newsletter Number 9 (July 2014)

In the News
Seeking TGA Statutory Advisory Committee Members
24th ECCMID Report
Surveillance of CMY, ESBL and Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriacea in Queensland
2014 - 2015 Meeting Calendar

Newsletter Number 8 (May 2014)

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Phenotypic detection of carbapenem-resistant Gram negative bacilli. Which method is better?
The role of inter-species recombination
Increasing emergence of IMP-4 producing Enterobacteriacae throughout Queensland hospitals
Genomics of persistent Staphylococcus aureus infection
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Newsletter Number 7 (March 2014)