09.10.2009

The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announced the online availability of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System—Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) 2006 Executive Report. One of the primary objectives of NARMS is to provide timely information to veterinarians and physicians on antimicrobial drug resistance patterns.

This report summarizes, in an integrated format, National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System data on Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates recovered in 2006 from food animals at federally inspected slaughter and processing plants, retail meats, and human clinical cases. In addition, the report includes susceptibility data for Escherichia coli isolates recovered from retail meats and chickens in 2006. Summary data from prior years are also included.