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The aim of ASSOP 2014 was to determine the proportion of\u00a0Staphylococcus aureus\u00a0bacteraemia (SAB) isolates in Australia that are antimicrobial resistant, with particular emphasis on susceptibility to methicillin and to characterise the molecular epidemiology of the isolates. Overall, 18.8% of the 2,206 SAB episodes were methicillin resistant, which was significantly higher than that reported in most European countries. The 30-day all-cause mortality associated with methicillin-resistant SAB was 23.4%, which was significantly higher than the 14.4% mortality associated with methicillin-sensitive SAB (P&lt;0.0001). With the exception of the \u00df-lactams and erythromycin, antimicrobial resistance in methicillin-sensitive\u00a0S.\u00a0aureus\u00a0remains rare. However in addition to the \u00df-lactams, approximately 50% of methicillin-resistant\u00a0S. aureus\u00a0(MRSA) were resistant to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin and approximately 15% were resistant to co-trimoxazole, tetracycline and gentamicin. When applying the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoints, teicoplanin resistance was detected in 2\u00a0S. aureus\u00a0isolates. Resistance was not detected for vancomycin or linezolid. Resistance to non-beta-lactam antimicrobials was largely attributable to 2 healthcare-associated MRSA clones; ST22-IV [2B] (EMRSA-15) and ST239-III [3A] (Aus-2\/3 EMRSA). ST22-IV [2B] (EMRSA-15) has become the predominant healthcare associated clone in Australia. Sixty per cent of methicillin-resistant SAB were due to community-associated (CA) clones. Although polyclonal, almost 44% of community-associated clones were characterised as ST93-IV [2B] (Queensland CA-MRSA) and ST1-IV [2B] (WA1). CA-MRSA, in particular the ST45-V [5C2&amp;5] (WA84) clone, has acquired multiple antimicrobial resistance determinants including ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, clindamycin, gentamicin and tetracycline. As CA-MRSA is well established in the Australian community it is important that antimicrobial resistance patterns in community and healthcare-associated SAB is monitored as this information will guide therapeutic practices in treating\u00a0S. aureus\u00a0sepsis.\u00a0Commun Dis Intell\u00a02016;40(2):E244\u2013E254.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.33321\/cdi.2016.40.20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,10]],"date-time":"2025-06-10T21:42:44Z","timestamp":1749591764000},"page":"244-254","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014"],"prefix":"10.33321","volume":"40","author":[{"given":"Geoffrey W","family":"Coombs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Denise A","family":"Daley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yung Thin","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julie C","family":"Pearson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J Owen","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Graeme R","family":"Nimmo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Collignon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Benjamin P","family":"Howden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jan M","family":"Bell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"John D","family":"Turnidge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"family":"Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"18788","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,1]]},"container-title":["Communicable Diseases Intelligence"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/ojs.cdi.cdc.gov.au\/index.php\/cdi\/article\/download\/846\/1102","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/ojs.cdi.cdc.gov.au\/index.php\/cdi\/article\/download\/846\/1102","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,10]],"date-time":"2025-06-10T21:43:02Z","timestamp":1749591782000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/ojs.cdi.cdc.gov.au\/index.php\/cdi\/article\/view\/846"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,1]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33321\/cdi.2016.40.20","relation":{},"ISSN":["2209-6051"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2209-6051","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,1]]}}}