Salmonella Typhimurium Antimicrobial Susceptibility Monitoring, 2001-2014

2001 to 2014 data on the number of cultures and the percentage of positive Salmonella Typhimurium cultures resistant to 16 antimicrobials. The data is grouped by year and was produced by UKAS-accredited laboratory facilities at the APHA. Attribution is to Crown Copyright, APHA 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling temporal trends in antimicrobial resistance based on yearly aggregated data.
• Analyzing co-resistance patterns across the 16 tested antimicrobials mentioned in the description.
• Benchmarking laboratory surveillance data against other sources based on the described accreditation standards.

Strengths

• Covers a 14-year time range from 2001 to 2014.
• Includes resistance data for 16 specific antimicrobials.
• Produced by laboratories accredited to BS EN ISO 17025:2000 and other quality standards.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

APHA (Animal and Plant Health Agency), via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Laboratory testing of cultures, likely from monitored species.

Time Range

2001-2014

Freshness

Data covers up to 2014; last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, based on the accrediting body and Crown Copyright attribution.