Prevention and control of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: recommendations from a Joint Working Party.

A.P.R. Wilson *, D.M. Livermore , J.A. Otter , R.E. Warren , P. Jenks , D.A. Enoch , W. Newsholme , B. Oppenheim , A. Leanord , C. McNulty , G. Tanner , S. Bennett , M. Cann, J. Bostock , E. Collins , S. Peckitt , L. Ritchie , C. Fry , P. Hawkey s Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK b Professor of Medical Microbiology, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK c Epidemiologist, Infection Prevention and Control, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Retired Consultant Microbiologist, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK Consultant Microbiologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK Consultant Microbiologist, Public Health England, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and General Medicine, Department of Infection, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK Consultant Microbiologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK Head of Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, and Honorary Visiting Professor Cardiff University, Microbiology Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK k Patient Representative, Bristol, UK l Patient Representative, Member of Health Care Acquired Infections, Service Users Research Forum, Leicester, UK Trustee, MRSA Action, Kirkham, UK n Patient Representative, Member of Health Care Acquired Infections, Service Users Research Forum, London, UK Clinical Lead Infection Prevention, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK p Infection Prevention and Control Lead for North Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support Unit, Hull, UK Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Infection Control Team/HAI Group, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK Nursing Officer e Communicable Diseases Infectious Diseases and Blood Policy, Department of Health, London, UK s Professor of Clinical and Public Health Bacteriology, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Public Health Laboratory, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK