Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

doi:10.3390/antibiotics9040151

. 2020 Mar 31;9(4):151.

doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040151.

Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Nicola D Foxlee¹, Nicola Townell², Mary Ann L Tosul³, Lachlan McIver⁴, Colleen L Lau⁵

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¹ Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
² Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program, Phnom Penh 12000, Cambodia.
³ Microbiology Department Laboratory, Vila Central Hospital, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
⁴ Rocketship Pacific Ltd, Port Melbourne, Melbourne 3207, Australia.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra 2600, Australia.

PMID: 32244420
PMCID: PMC7235848
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9040151

Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Nicola D Foxlee et al. Antibiotics (Basel). 2020.

. 2020 Mar 31;9(4):151.

doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040151.

Authors

Nicola D Foxlee¹, Nicola Townell², Mary Ann L Tosul³, Lachlan McIver⁴, Colleen L Lau⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
² Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program, Phnom Penh 12000, Cambodia.
³ Microbiology Department Laboratory, Vila Central Hospital, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
⁴ Rocketship Pacific Ltd, Port Melbourne, Melbourne 3207, Australia.
⁵ Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra 2600, Australia.

PMID: 32244420
PMCID: PMC7235848
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9040151

Abstract

Keywords: drug resistance; antimicrobial; public health surveillance; Pacific Islands; bacteriology; epidemiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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**Figure 1**
Map of Vanuatu showing Port Vila, the capital on the Island of Efate. Map was obtained with permission of the Pacific Community (SPC) http://spc.int.

**Figure 2**
(a) Antibiotic susceptibility in gram-positive organisms cultured from all specimens collected at Vila Central Hospital (VCH): January 2017 to December 2019. (b) Antibiotic susceptibility in gram-negative organisms cultured from all specimens collected at VCH: January 2017 to December 2019.

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