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Ocorrência de Campylobacter em carne de frango, fezes de frango e humanas e pesquisa dos genes cdt
Persistence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in broiler houses after the avoparcin ban
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in broiler flocks 5 years after the avoparcin ban
Persistence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in broiler houses after the avoparcin ban
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: Diverging trends of meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible isolates, EU/EEA, 2005 to 2018
Background: Invasive infections caused by
Staphylococcus aureus have high clinical and epidemiological relevance. It is therefore important to monitor the S. aureus trends using suitable methods. Aim:
The study aimed to describe the trends of bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by meticillin-resistant
S. aureus (MRSA) and meticillin-susceptible S. aureus
(MSSA) in the European Union (EU) and the European
Economic Area (EEA). Methods: Annual data on
S. aureus BSI from 2005 to 2018 were obtained from
the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
Network (EARS-Net). Trends of BSI were assessed at
the EU/EEA level by adjusting for blood culture set
rate (number of blood culture sets per 1,000 days of
hospitalisation) and stratification by patient characteristics.Results: Considering a fixed cohort of laboratories consistently reporting data over the entire
study period, MRSA percentages among S. aureus
BSI decreased from 30.2% in 2005 to 16.3% in 2018.
Concurrently, the total number of BSI caused by
S. aureus increased by 57%, MSSA BSI increased by
84% and MRSA BSI decreased by 31%. All these trends
were statistically significant (p Conclusions:
The results indicate an increasing health burden of
MSSA BSI in the EU/EEA despite a significant decrease
in the MRSA percentage. These findings highlight the
importance of monitoring antimicrobial resistance
trends by assessing not only resistance percentages
but also the incidence of infections. Further research
is needed on the factors associated with the observed
trends and on their attributable risk