Temporal trends in microbial detection during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analysis of the Japan surveillance for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology (J-SIPHE) database.
J Infect Chemother
; 29(1): 98-101, 2023 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2240520
ABSTRACT
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of microbial infections and other metrics related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has not yet been fully described. Using data from Japan Surveillance for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology (J-SIPHE), a national surveillance database system that routinely collects clinical and epidemiological data on microbial infections, infection control practices, antimicrobial use, and AMR emergence from participating institutions in Japan, we assessed the temporal changes in AMR-related metrics before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that an apparent decrease in the incidence of microbial infections in 2020 compared with 2019 may have been driven primarily by a reduction in bed occupancy, although the incidence showed a constant or even slightly increasing trend after adjusting for bed occupancy. Meanwhile, we found that the incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae dramatically decreased from April 2020 onward, probably due to stringent non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19. Antimicrobial use showed a weak increasing trend, while the use of hand sanitiser at the included medical institutions increased by about 50% in 2020 compared with 2019.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Infect Chemother
Journal subject:
Microbiology
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Drug Therapy
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jiac.2022.08.028
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