The Change in Antimicrobial Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Türkiye
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most important problems threatening human health worldwide. The impact of the Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on AMR continues to be discussed. Some researchers argue that the pandemic will increase AMR rates, while others suggest the opposite. The aim of this study was to investigate the change in AMR of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus strains in three cross-sectional periods in Türkiye, the first one before the COVID-19 pandemic, the second and the third one during the pandemic. The change in antibiotic susceptibility in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from urine, blood, and lower respiratory tract samples of patients hospitalized in intensive care units and wards of hospitals before (November 2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (November 2020 and July 2021) was investigated in this study. A total of 17 voluntary hospitals, members of the Antibiotic Susceptibility Surveillance Study Group (ADSI) of the Society for Clinical Microbiology Specialists (KLIMUD), participated in the study. Identification of bacteria was performed with automated bacterial identification systems (VITEK2, bioMérieux, France or Phoenix, BD, USA). Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed in one center with the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method and in other centers with automated antibiotic susceptibility test systems (VITEK2, bioMérieux, France or…
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