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== Background ==

* Defined by the European CDC<ref>Magiorakos AP, Srinivasan A, Carey RB, Carmeli Y, Falagas ME, Giske CG, Harbarth S, Hindler JF, Kahlmeter G, Olsson-Liljequist B, Paterson DL, Rice LB, Stelling J, Struelens MJ, Vatopoulos A, Weber JT, Monnet DL. Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance. ''Clin Microbiol Infect''. 2012 Mar;18(3):268-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x. Epub 2011 Jul 27. PMID: 21793988.</ref> as non-susceptibility to at least one agent in three or more categories of antimicrobials, with the categories varying by organism
* Refer to to [[Multidrug-resistant organism|multidrug-resistant organisms]] for specific

==Management==
==Management==


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**Adds coverage of some carbapenemases and AmpC
**Adds coverage of some carbapenemases and AmpC
*[[Fosfomycin]]
*[[Fosfomycin]]
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*[[Colistin]]
*[[Colistin]]
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*[[Cefiderocol]]: available through Special Access Program as well as preapproval by manufacturer
*[[Cefiderocol]]: available through Special Access Program as well as preapproval by manufacturer
*[[Meropenem-vaborbactam]]: still awaiting Health Canada Drug Review
*[[Meropenem-vaborbactam]]: still awaiting Health Canada Drug Review

Revision as of 21:18, 2 October 2022

Background

  • Defined by the European CDC[1] as non-susceptibility to at least one agent in three or more categories of antimicrobials, with the categories varying by organism
  • Refer to to multidrug-resistant organisms for specific

Management

  1. Magiorakos AP, Srinivasan A, Carey RB, Carmeli Y, Falagas ME, Giske CG, Harbarth S, Hindler JF, Kahlmeter G, Olsson-Liljequist B, Paterson DL, Rice LB, Stelling J, Struelens MJ, Vatopoulos A, Weber JT, Monnet DL. Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 Mar;18(3):268-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03570.x. Epub 2011 Jul 27. PMID: 21793988.