A surveillance programme has two overall goals: to monitor specific outbreaks, e.g. meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP); and establish a baseline threshold for HAI incidences....
Mechanisms for antibiotic resistance may be categorised as intrinsic resistance or acquired resistance (Umber and Bender, 2009). Some bacteria are inherently resistant to certain antibiotics due to...