Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Blood Culture Samples in a Moroccan Tertiary Hospital: True Bacteremia or Contamination?
Soumia NachateSalma RouhiHicham OuassifHind BennaniAbdelhamid HachimiYoussef MouaffakSaid YounousFatiha BennaouiNadia El Idrissi SlitineFadl Mrabih Rabou MaoulainineAsmae Lamrani HanchiNabila SoraaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
Distinguishing between MDR-positive BCs representing clinically significant bacteremia or simple contamination requires a careful clinical, biological, and microbiological confrontation of each MDR positive BC in order to avoid unnecessary overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics and thus reduce resistance selective pressure.