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

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.

SUBMITTER: Witt LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798082 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature