Guidelines, standards and publications arising from working party activities CLICK TITLES TO ACCESS Good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in adults in the UK: a consensus statement Ann L. N. Chapman; R. Andrew Seaton; Mike A. Cooper; Sara Hedderwick; Vicky Goodall; Corienne Reed; Frances Sanderson; Dilip Nathwani; on behalf of the BSAC/BIA OPAT Project Good Practice Recommendations Working Group J. Antimicrob. Chemother., May 2012; 67: 1053-1062 Guidelines for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: a report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: Erratum with link to original publication F. Kate Gould; David W. Denning; Tom S. J. Elliott; Juliet Foweraker; John D. Perry; Bernard D. Prendergast; Jonathan A. T. Sandoe; Michael J. Spry and Richard W. Watkin J. Antimcrob.Chemother., Feb 2012; 67:269-289 Guidelines (2008) for the prophylaxis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the United Kingdom F. Kate Gould, Richard Brindle, Paul R. Chadwick, Adam P. Fraise, Simon Hill, Dilip Nathwani, Geoff L. Ridgway, Michael J. Spry, and Rod E. Warren on behalf of the MRSA Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy J. Antimicrob. Chemother., May 2009; 63: 849 - 861. Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: Report of the Working Party on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy R. G. Masterton, A. Galloway, G. French, M. Street, J. Armstrong, E. Brown, J. Cleverley, P. Dilworth, C. Fry, A. D. Gascoigne, Alan Knox, Dilip Nathwani, Robert Spencer, and Mark Wilcox J. Antimicrob. Chemother., July 2008; 62: 5 - 34. Guidelines for UK practice for the diagnosis and management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections presenting in the community Dilip Nathwani, Marina Morgan, Robert G. Masterton, Matthew Dryden, Barry D. Cookson, Gary French, and Deirdre Lewis on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Working Page 1 of 3 Party on Community-onset MRSA Infections J. Antimicrob. Chemother., May 2008; 61: 976 - 994. Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy F. K. Gould, T. S. J. Elliott, J. Foweraker, M. Fulford, J. D. Perry, G. J. Roberts, J. A. T. Sandoe, and R. W. Watkin J. Antimicrob. Chemother., June 2006; 57: 1035 - 1042. Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Derek F. J. Brown, David I. Edwards, Peter M. Hawkey, Donald Morrison, Geoffrey L. Ridgway, Kevin J. Towner, and Michael W. D. Wren on behalf of the Joint Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hospital Infection Society and Infection Control Nurses Association J. Antimicrob. Chemother., December 2005; 56: 1000 - 1018. An assessment of the risks associated with the use of antibiotic resistance genes in genetically modified plants: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy P. M. Bennett, C. T. Livesey, D. Nathwani, D. S. Reeves, J. R. Saunders, and R. Wise J. Antimicrob. Chemother., Mar 2004; 53: 418 - 431. Antibiotic Action Effective antibacterials: at what cost? The economics of antibacterial resistance and its control Anthony R. White on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on The Urgent Need: Regenerating Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development J. Antimicrob. Chemother., September 2012; 66: 1948-1953 Regulatory opportunities to encourage technology solutions to antibacterial drug resistance Roger Finch on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on The Urgent Need: Regenerating Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development J. Antimicrob. Chemother., September 2012; 66: 1945-1947 Discover research: the scientific challenge of finding new antibiotics David M. Livermore on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Working Party on The Urgent Need: Regenerating Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development J. Antimicrob. Chemother., September 2012; 66: 1941-1944 The urgent need for new antibacterial agents Page 2 of 3 Richard Wise on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on The Urgent Need: Regenerating Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development J. Antimicrob. Chemother., September 2012; 66: 1939-1940 The crisis of no new antibiotics – the way forward Laura Piddock The Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 2012; 12: 249-253 Page 3 of 3