Fiorella Krapp, Coralith García, Noemi Hinostroza, Lizeth Astocondor, Claudia R Rondon, Brecht Ingelbeen, Hugo A Alpaca-Salvador, Catherine Amaro, Carla Aguado Ventura, Evelyn Barco-Yaipén, Cesar Bocangel Fernandez, Alexander Briones, Antonio Burgos, Rene Campana, Kelly Castillo, Alex Castañeda-Sabogal, Angelica Coaquira, Fátima Concha-Velasco, Edwin Cuaresma Cuadros, Omayra Chincha, Juan Carlos Diaz, Roberto Díaz Sipión, Victor Fernandez, Miguel Hueda-Zavaleta, Enrique López, María Valera-Krumdieck, Rubén Vásquez, Ana María Vidaurre Torres, Miguel Villegas-Chiroque, Favio Sarmiento Lopez, Pedro Alberto Sullón Zavaleta, Elizett Sierra Chavez, Eduardo Paricahua Peralta, Teresa Peralta Córdova, Jimena Edith Pino-Dueñas, Jan Jacobs
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacteria (GNB) is of critical importance, but data for Peru are not available. To fill this gap, a non-interventional hospital-based surveillance study was conducted in 15 hospitals across Peru from July 2017 to October 2019. Consecutive unique blood culture isolates of key GNB (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter spp.) recovered from hospitalized patients were collected for centralized antimicrobial susceptibility testing, along with linked epidemiological and clinical data...
September 18, 2023: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene