Human antimicrobial resistance in Scotland: ...
These data summarise the annual antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results for bacteraemia and bacteriuria across NHS Scotland over the past five calendar years. These data are stratified by year, organism, antimicrobial, and specimen type.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
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| Country | text | Country code for Scotland. Lookup |
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| Year | numeric | Calendar year of specimen collection. |
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| Organism | text | Organism. |
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| Antimicrobial | text | Named antimicrobial. For those showing combinations (i.e. Cefotaxime/Ceftriaxone) these antibiotics have been considered interchangeable and the results have been combined. |
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| SpecimenType | text | Sample site of specimen, either blood or urine. |
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| NumberTested | numeric | Number of isolates tested per calendar year, organism, specimen and antimicrobial. Data are deduplicated on a rolling 14-day period for blood isolates, and rolling 30-day period for urine isolates. |
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| Susceptible | numeric | Number of isolates reported susceptible, as defined by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines. Data are deduplicated on a rolling 14-day period for blood isolates, and rolling 30-day period for urine isolates. |
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| SusceptibleAtIncreasedExposure | numeric | Number of isolates reported susceptible at increased exposure, as defined by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines. Data are deduplicated on a rolling 14-day period for blood isolates, and rolling 30-day period for urine isolates. |
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| Resistant | numeric | Number of isolates reported resistant, as defined by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines. Data are deduplicated on a rolling 14-day period for blood isolates, and rolling 30-day period for urine isolates. |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
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| Data last updated | November 13, 2024 |
| Metadata last updated | November 13, 2024 |
| Created | November 13, 2024 |
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