Surging bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance during the first wave of COVID–19: a study in a large multihospital institution in the Paris region

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 114; pp. 90 - 96
• Main Authors: Amarsy, Rishma, Trystram, David, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Monteil, Catherine, Fournier, Sandra, Oliary, Juliette, Junot, Helga, Sabatier, Pierre, Porcher, Raphaël, Robert, Jérôme, Jarlier, Vincent, Arlet, Guillaume, Lefevre, Laurence Armand, Aubry, Alexandra, Belec, Laurent, Bercot, Béatrice, Bonacorsi, Stéphane, Calvez, Vincent, Carbonnelle, Etienne, Chevaliez, Stéphane, Decousser, Jean-Winoc, Delaugerre, Constance, Descamps, Diane, Doucet-Populaire, Florence, Gaillard, Jean-Louis, Chenon, Antoine Garbarg, Gault, Elyanne, Herrmann, Jean-Louis, Goff, Jérôme Le, Lucet, Jean-Christophe, Mainardi, Jean-Luc, Marcellin, Anne-Geneviève, Morand-Joubert, Laurence, Nassif, Xavier, Pawlotsky, Jean-Michel, Afonso, Anne-Marie Roque, Rottman, Martin, Rouzioux, Christine, Rozenberg, Flore, Simon, François, Veziris, Nicolas, Skurnik, David, Zahar, Jean-Ralph, Barnaud, Guilene, Pomares, Typhaine Billard, Cuzon, Gaëlle, Decré, Dominique, Doloy, Alexandra, Donay, Jean-Luc, Drieux-Rouzet, Laurence, Durand, Isabelle, Ferroni, Agnès, Fihman, Vincent, Fortineau, Nicolas, Gomart, Camille, Grall, Nathalie, Caruba, Christelle Guillet, Jaureguy, Françoise, Lalande, Valérie, Landraud, Luce, Leflon, Véronique, Mariani, Patricia, Mihaila, Liliana, Moissenet, Didier, Noussair, Latifa, Podglajen, Isabelle, Poilane, Isabelle, Poupet, Hélène, Rondinaud, Emilie, Tardy, Valérie Sivadon, Verdet, Charlotte, Vigier, Emmanuelle, Billarant, Sophie Vimont
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022; Elsevier; The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotic consumption; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteremia - drug therapy; Bacteremia - epidemiology; Blood culture; Bloodstream infection incidence; COVID-19; Cross Infection - drug therapy; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Human health and pathology; Humans; Life Sciences; Pandemics; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Sepsis - drug therapy; COVID-19; Bloodstream infection incidence; Antimicrobial resistance; Blood culture; Antibiotic consumption; bloodstream infection incidence; antibiotic consumption; antimicrobial resistance; blood culture

•The first wave of COVID-19 in 2020 had collateral bacteriological effects in French hospitals in the Paris region.•There was a massive increase in blood culturing.•There were higher rates of positive blood culture and of blood stream infection.•There was a concomitant increase in antimicrobial resi...