The impact of COVID-19 on multidrug-resistant organisms causing healthcare-associated infections: A narrative review

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Lucy Witt, Emory University; Jessica Howard-Anderson, Emory University; Jesse Jacob, Emory University; Lindsey Gottlieb, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2023-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac130
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: dlac130
• End Page: dlac130
• Grant/Funding Information: This manuscript was completed as part of our routine work.
• Research Categories: Biology, Virology; Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) changed healthcare across the world. With this change came an increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and a concerning concurrent proliferation of MDR organisms (MDROs). In this narrative review, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on HAIs and MDROs, describe potential causes of these changes, and discuss future directions to combat the observed rise in rates of HAIs and MDRO infections.