Antimicrobial Resistance in Pathogens Isolated from Blood Cultures: A Two-Year Multicenter Hospital Surveillance Study in Italy.

Francesca LicataAngela QuirinoDavide PepeGiovanni MateraAida Bianconull Collaborative Group

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)

The results display an alarming prevalence of AMR among hospital isolated pathogens, consistently higher than the European average. Information from surveillance systems to better characterize the trend in the incidence of AMR at local and national levels is needed.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
public health
risk factors
healthcare
acute care
adverse drug
quality improvement
health information