Western Cape Province Antimicrobial Surveillance Data

We are presenting here the PathCare susceptibility data for common hospital-acquired organisms isolated from blood cultures from patients in the Western Cape Province over the last 2 years. The focus is on the ESKAPE organisms, an acronym coined by die Infectious Diseases Society of America to emphasize the group of pathogens that cause hospital infections that may “escape’ the effects of antimicrobial agents.1 These organisms include Gram-negative organisms Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter spp., and extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing (ESBL) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE); and the Gram-positive organisms methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE).