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Abstract

is a top-priority pathogen of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) due to antibiotic resistance.

Trends in resistance rates that include community isolates are unknown.

Identify trends in resistance rates across the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, including isolates from patients treated in hospitals, long-term care facilities and outpatient clinics nationally.

We included clinical cultures collected from VA patients from 2010 to 2018. Cultures were categorized by location: VA medical centers (VAMCs), long-term care (LTC) units [community living centers (CLCs)], or outpatient. We assessed carbapenem resistance, multidrug resistance (MDR) and extensive drug resistance (XDR). Time trends were assessed with Joinpoint regression.

We identified 19 376 . cultures (53% VAMCs, 4% CLCs, 43% outpatient). Respiratory cultures were the most common source of carbapenem-resistant (43 %), multidrug-resistant (49 %) and extensively drug-resistant (21 %) isolates. Over the study period, the number of cultures decreased significantly in VAMCs (11.9% per year). In 2018, carbapenem resistance was seen in 28% of VAMC isolates and 36% of CLC isolates, but only 6% of outpatient isolates, while MDR was found in 31% of VAMC isolates and 36% of CLC isolates, but only 8 % of outpatient isolates. Carbapenem-resistant, multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant isolates decreased significantly in VAMCs and outpatient clinics over time (VAMCs: by 4.9, 7.2 and 6.9%; outpatient: by 11.3, 10.5 and 10.2% per year). Resistant phenotypes remained stable in CLCs.

In the VA nationally, the prevalence of is decreasing, as is resistance. Carbapenem-resistant and multidrug-resistant remain common in VAMCs and CLCs. The focus of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship efforts to prevent transmission of resistant should be in hospital and LTC settings.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Shionogi (Award This work was funded in part by Shionogi, Inc.)
    • Principle Award Recipient: KerryL. LaPlante
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