Antimicrobial resistance in commensal opportunistic pathogens isolated from non-sterile sites can be an effective proxy for surveillance in bloodstream infections

• Main Authors: Karina Doris Vihta, Nicola Claire Gordon, Nicole Stoesser, T. Phuong Quan, Carina S.B. Tyrrell, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Vilada Chansamouth, Paul Turner, Clare L. Ling, David W. Eyre, Nicholas J. White, Derrick Crook, Tim E.A. Peto, Ann Sarah Walker
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/79190
• Institution: Mahidol University

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in bloodstream infections (BSIs) is challenging in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) given limited laboratory capacity. Other specimens are easier to collect and process and are more likely to be culture-positive. In 8102 E. coli BSIs, 322,087 E. coli ur...