Summary

This report describes some of the trends in antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand. It uses data routinely collected and generated as part of ESR’s ongoing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. Two data sources were used for this trend analysis: (1) antimicrobial resistance data from hospital and community diagnostic laboratories, and (2) data generated at ESR from the ongoing surveillance of resistance among invasive pathogens and Salmonella referred to ESR.