National database study of trends in bacteraemia aetiology among children and adults in Japan: a longitudinal observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Domestic epidemiological studies are needed to ascertain the disease burden of bacteraemia in individual countries. This study aimed to evaluate the domestic trends in paediatric and adult bacteraemia in Japan.

Setting

Laboratory-based surveillance was used to obtain data from 592 hospitals located throughout Japan.

Participants

The study was conducted using the results of 827 780 and 3 512 524 blood culture tests obtained from children and adults, respectively, between January 2010 and December 2016.

Outcome measures

We analysed the temporal trends in specific bacterial species (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumon

SUBMITTER: Kusama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011712 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature