Kyoung-Ho Song, Chung-Jong Kim, Nam-Kyong Choi, Jeonghoon Ahn, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Nam Joong Kim, Hee Jung Choi, Ji Yun Bae, Eu Suk Kim, Hyunju Lee, Jeong Su Park, Younghee Jung, Seung Soon Lee, Kyung-Hwa Park, Sook-In Jung, Yeon-Sook Kim, Ji-Hwan Bang, Shinwon Lee, Yu Min Kang, Yee Gyung Kwak, Hong Bin Kim
OBJECTIVES: The socioeconomic and clinical burden of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB), multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MRPA) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have not yet been adequately addressed. METHODS: We prospectively searched for MDROs bacteremia cases with matched controls from 10 hospitals across Korea during a 6-month period in 2017...
November 15, 2022: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance