Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales incidence in the South-East Asia region: an observational study.
Kyaw Zaw LinnStephanie SutjiptoOon Tek NgJeanette W P TeoBenjamin Pei Zhi CherngThean Yen TanSurinder Kaur M S PadaSay Tat OoiNares SmitasinKoh Cheng ThoonXiaowei HuanPartha Pratim DeDouglas ChanNancy Wen Sim TeeMichelle AngLi Yang HsuRaymond Tzer Pin LinTong Yong NgRama Narayana DeepakTse Hsien KohAnucha ApisarnthanarakSasheela PonnampalavanarIndumathi VenkatachalamKalisvar MarimuthuPublished in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an initial increase in the incidence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) from clinical cultures in South-East Asia hospitals, which was unsustained as the pandemic progressed. Conversely, there was a decrease in CRE incidence from surveillance cultures and overall combined incidence. Further studies are needed for future pandemic preparedness.