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Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances
In order to monitor the spread of antimicrobial resistance, the European Union requires hospitals to be equipped with infection control centers. With this aim, we analyzed 1583 bacterial strains isolated from samples of different origin from patients with community-onset and nosocomial infections in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7558927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090631 |
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author | Stefanini, Irene Boni, Martina Silvaplana, Paola Lovera, Paola Pelassa, Stefania De Renzi, Giuseppe Mognetti, Barbara |
author_facet | Stefanini, Irene Boni, Martina Silvaplana, Paola Lovera, Paola Pelassa, Stefania De Renzi, Giuseppe Mognetti, Barbara |
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description | In order to monitor the spread of antimicrobial resistance, the European Union requires hospitals to be equipped with infection control centers. With this aim, we analyzed 1583 bacterial strains isolated from samples of different origin from patients with community-onset and nosocomial infections in a public tertiary University Hospital on the outskirts of Turin, Italy. Statistical analyses of the isolates (source, type) and their antimicrobial resistance (AMR) were performed. The survey revealed infections associated with bacterial species considered as not-commensal and not-pathogenic, hence potentially emerging as new threats for human health. Conversely to the general observation of nosocomial strains being more resistant to antibiotics compared to community-acquired strains, nosocomial strains isolated in this study were more resistant only to 1/42 tested antibiotics (tetracycline). By adopting an ecological approach, we observed that blood infections are associated with the broadest range of species compared to infections affecting other areas and we obtained clear indications on the antibiotics that should be preferred in the treatment of infections at specific body sites. Future investigations carried out on a larger geographical scale will clarify whether these indications are limited to the geographical region investigated over this study, or whether the same trends are visible at national or international level. |
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spelling | pubmed-75589272020-10-26 Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances Stefanini, Irene Boni, Martina Silvaplana, Paola Lovera, Paola Pelassa, Stefania De Renzi, Giuseppe Mognetti, Barbara Antibiotics (Basel) Article In order to monitor the spread of antimicrobial resistance, the European Union requires hospitals to be equipped with infection control centers. With this aim, we analyzed 1583 bacterial strains isolated from samples of different origin from patients with community-onset and nosocomial infections in a public tertiary University Hospital on the outskirts of Turin, Italy. Statistical analyses of the isolates (source, type) and their antimicrobial resistance (AMR) were performed. The survey revealed infections associated with bacterial species considered as not-commensal and not-pathogenic, hence potentially emerging as new threats for human health. Conversely to the general observation of nosocomial strains being more resistant to antibiotics compared to community-acquired strains, nosocomial strains isolated in this study were more resistant only to 1/42 tested antibiotics (tetracycline). By adopting an ecological approach, we observed that blood infections are associated with the broadest range of species compared to infections affecting other areas and we obtained clear indications on the antibiotics that should be preferred in the treatment of infections at specific body sites. Future investigations carried out on a larger geographical scale will clarify whether these indications are limited to the geographical region investigated over this study, or whether the same trends are visible at national or international level. MDPI 2020-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7558927/ /pubmed/32971788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090631 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Stefanini, Irene Boni, Martina Silvaplana, Paola Lovera, Paola Pelassa, Stefania De Renzi, Giuseppe Mognetti, Barbara Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title | Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title_full | Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title_fullStr | Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title_short | Antimicrobial Resistance, an Update from the Ward: Increased Incidence of New Potential Pathogens and Site of Infection-Specific Antibacterial Resistances |
title_sort | antimicrobial resistance, an update from the ward: increased incidence of new potential pathogens and site of infection-specific antibacterial resistances |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7558927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32971788 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090631 |
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