ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Antibiotic Resistance in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Systematic Scoping Review.
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- Gram-negative neonatal sepsis in low- and lower-middle-income countries and WHO empirical antibiotic recommendations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Therapeutic strategies for multi-resistantJAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Review
- Climate change and antimicrobial resistance in the Western Pacific: a mixed-methods systematic analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Burden of antimicrobial resistance in the WHO Southeast Asia and Western Pacific Regions, 1990-2021: a cross-country systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050.Military Medical Research · 2026Article
- Methicillin-resistantThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Waterborne polyurethane nanoparticles incorporating linoleic acid as a potential strategy for controlling antibiotic resistance spread in the mammalian intestine.Materials today. Bio · 2024Article
- The changing epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in Fiji: a descriptive analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility and trends of endemic and emerging pathogens, 2019-2022.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Papua New Guinea: A Narrative Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of Ni-Vanuatu Health Workers Regarding Antibiotic Prescribing and Antibiotic Resistance, 2018 and 2022: A Mixed Methods Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens in four Pacific Island countries, 2017-2021.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Ertapenem Supplemented Selective Media as a New Strategy to Distinguish β-Lactam-Resistant Enterobacterales: Application to Clinical and Wastewater Samples.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Marine Actinomycetes Associated with Stony Corals: A Potential Hotspot for Specialized Metabolites.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Filling the gaps in the global prevalence map of clinical antimicrobial resistance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use among inpatients in a tertiary hospital in Fiji: a point prevalence survey.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Article
- Antimicrobial resistance in the Pacific Island countries and territories.BMJ global health · 2020Review
- Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Quality microbiological diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, an essential component of antimicrobial resistance surveillance and control efforts in Pacific island nations.Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSARArticle
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Abstract
Several studies have investigated antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries, but to date little attention has been paid to the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs). This study aims to review the literature on antibiotic resistance (ABR) in healthcare settings in PICTs to inform further research and future policy development for the region. Following the PRISMA-ScR checklist health databases and grey literature sources were searched. Three reviewers independently screened the literature for inclusion, data was extracted using a charting tool and the results were described and synthesised. Sixty-five studies about ABR in PICTs were identified and these are primarily about New Caledonia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Ten PICTs contributed the remaining 21 studies and nine PICTs were not represented. The predominant gram-positive pathogen reported was community-acquired methicillin resistant
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