ABCs = Active Bacterial Core Surveillance; AGAR = Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance; ANSORP = Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens; BulSTAR = Bulgarian Surveillance Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance; CARTIPS = Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infection Pathogen Surveillance; CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CHINET = Chinese Tertiary Hospital: CHRISP = Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention; CIPARS = Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance; DANMAP = Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Programme; DUSC = Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee; EARS-Net = European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network; ECDC = European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; FiRe = Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance; HISWA = Healthcare Infection Surveillance Western Australia; IDSR = Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response; KONSAR = Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance; MOHNARIN =Ministry of Health National Antibacterial Resistance Investigation Net China; NARMS = National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System; NARS = Network for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance; NARST = National Antimicrobial Resistance Thailand; NAUSP = National Antimicrobial Usage Surveillance Program; ReLAVRA = Red Latinoamericana de Vigilancia de la Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos; STRAMA = Swedish Strategic Programme for the Rational Use of Antibiotic Agents and Surveillance of Resistance; TIPCU = Tasmanian Infection and Prevention Control Unit; TRUST = Tracking Resistance in the United States Today; TSN = The Surveillance Network; US = United States; VICNISS =Victorian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System