General Questions & Answers Jenny Andrews
Organisms Order of priority Comment Comment -haemolytic streptococci Acinetobacter spp. January 2007 S. maltophilia Helicobacter spp. Refer to Reference Group Bacillus spp. Andrews & Wise JAC 2002;49; Listeria spp. SRGA recommendation s Campylobacter spp. B. cepacia For the future P. multocida Fungi (India) Not the remit of this WP Anaerobic organisms January 2007 M. tuberculosis Not the remit of this WP Coryneforms
Control strains Acceptable ranges for N. gonorrhoeae ATCC project currently underway possibly available January 2007 Acceptable ranges for Group A streptococci to clindamycin January 2007 B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron, C. perfringens January 2007
Staphylococci – detection of resistance using cefoxitin Recommendations using cefoxitin to detect resistance in S. aureus Recommendations for coagulase negative study being undertaken by Trevor Winstanley
Availability of discs Cefoxitin Cefpodoxime ± clavulanate Mupirocin 20 g
January 2007 Staphylococci doxycycline, minocycline -haemolytic streptococci clindamycin