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General Questions & Answers Jenny Andrews. Organisms Order of priority  Comment Comment  -haemolytic streptococci Acinetobacter spp. January 2007 S.

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1 General Questions & Answers Jenny Andrews

2 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;1040- 1042 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

3 Control strains Acceptable ranges for N. gonorrhoeae ATCC 49226 - 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

4 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

5 Availability of discs Cefoxitin Cefpodoxime ± clavulanate Mupirocin 20  g

6 January 2007 Staphylococci doxycycline, minocycline  -haemolytic streptococci clindamycin

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