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CDC unveils interactive tool to track antibiotic resistance over time

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The CDC has launched a new interactive tool that allows anyone to observe changes in antibiotic resistance across four types of foodborne pathogens in the United States over the past 18 years.

The NARMS Now: Human Data tool uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), filtering by year, region, antibiotic and drug-resistant bacteria — displaying results for Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli O157.

According to the CDC, NARMS data were previously used by researchers to uncover the geographic distribution of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium and Newport infections in the U.S., and are now being used to discover reasons behind antibiotic resistance in a type of Salmonella, which has emerged recently in the country. Additionally, the FDA withdrew its approval of the fluoroquinolone Baytril (enrofloxacin, Bayer) in poultry after NARMS data indicated an increase in fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter infections in humans.

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The NARMS Now: Human Data interactive tool can be found here: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/narmsnow/.