Online map tracks antibiotic resistance trends in the US

//17 Mar 2011

An online tool called ResistanceMap, on The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy website, can be used to track the rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli in the United States.

　　Created by Extending the Cure, a research project supported in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the maps will be updated monthly. According to an RWJF news release, policy makers and researchers can use the maps to chart areas in need of better infection control, enhanced surveillance or better antibiotic stewardship.

　　RWJF says the maps provide a graphic view of trends from 2000 to 2009, for example, how the resistance of E. coli toward cipro has increased by one-third each year and the possibility that this common therapy for urinary tract infections is becoming obsolete. Or that by 2005 some areas of the U.S. already were showing resistance rates to MRSA exceeding 70 percent.

　　Planned to be added soon on the ResistanceMap are interactive features, data on resistance rates in other countries and new rates of U.S. antibiotic use.

美国发布抗生素耐药性病原体在线查询工具

该工具称为“耐药性地图”（http://www.cddep.org/resistancemap），旨在追踪抗生素耐药性病原体，如甲氧苯青霉素耐药的金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）及环丙沙星耐药的大肠杆菌。

此项技术由Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) 基金会资助，该地图每月更新一次。(RWJ)基金会新闻报道称，通过使用该地图，决策者和研究学者可得到更直观的信息，更好地控制感染，相关人员也可借此加强对抗生素耐药性的监测和管理。

(RWJ) 基金会称，该地图提供了耐药性从2000年至2009年的变化趋势，比如，大肠杆菌针对环丙沙星的耐药性是如何以每年33%的速率增长的，以及环丙沙星（尿道感染最常用的处方）被弃用的可能性。又如，截止至2005年，美国的有些地区显示出金黄色葡萄球菌对甲氧苯青霉素耐药性已经超过70%。

未来，该地图还将增加互动功能，包括其他国家的耐药性数据，以及美国抗生素使用的最新数据等。