Assessment of co-resistance to antibiotics recommended for acute pyelonephritis among Escherichia coli clinical strains from community- and nursing home-acquired urinary tract infections.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the frequency of co-resistance to antibiotics recommended in acute pyelonephritis among Escherichia coli clinical strains isolated from urinary tract infections (UTIs) acquired in community or nursing homes (NHs), and to identify situations without alternatives to fluoroquinolones (FQs).

Methods: All antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results of E. coli culture-positive urine samples from females living in the community or in NHs, collected through a large network of clinical laboratories in 2020 in France, were included.

Assessment of Factors Associated With Community-Acquired Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infections in France.

Importance: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli is considered a leading pathogen contributing to the global burden of antimicrobial resistance.

Objective: To better understand factors associated with the heterogeneity of community-acquired ESBL-producing E coli urinary tract infections (UTIs) in France.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study performed from January 1 to December 31, 2021, was based on data collected via PRIMO (Surveillance and Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Primary Care and Nursing Homes), a nationwide clinical laboratory surveillance system in France.

Identification of spp. in a Clinical Sample: Always Contamination? Results of a French Retrospective Study.

Background: are environmental gram-positive bacilli that can cause ubiquitous mycetoma and, more rarely, invasive infections. We describe the clinical relevance of spp. identified in human samples and characteristics of patients with invasive infections.

Evaluation of the French surveillance system for epidemiological surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the community and nursing homes.

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been widely recognized as a major public health issue, which can be addressed through effective AMR surveillance systems. In 2018, a national surveillance programme for AMR in the community and nursing homes called Mission PRIMO was established in France. It builds on an existing network called MedQual-Ville that had been monitoring AMR mainly in the west of France community since 2003.

Decreasing proportion of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase among E. coli infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

Objectives: We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 and national pandemic response on the epidemiology of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase producing E. coli (ESBL-E.coli) in France.