Yue Qiu, Junwen Yang, Yiping Chen, Jinhong Yang, Qingxiong Zhu, Chunhui Zhu, Shuangjie Li, Jing Liu, Chaomin Wan, Yu Zhu, Minxia Chen, Yi Xu, Jianning Tong, Rui Li, Qingwen Shan, Daojiong Lin, Shouye Wu, Zhiqiang Zhuo, Caihong Wang, Shiyong Zhao, Zhenghong Qi, Xiaofeng Sun, Bieerding Maihebuba, Chunmei Jia, Huiling Gao, Yibing Cheng, Mei Zeng
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the microbiological profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bloodstream pathogens in Chinese children. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted at 13 tertiary hospitals in China during 2016-2018. The first bloodstream isolates of the same species from one pediatric patient < 18 years were included to this study for analysis. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was determined based on minimum inhibitory concentrations or Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion methods according to the 2018 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines...
April 2021: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases