Impact of coronavirus disease on the incidence rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients with lung cancer: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Japan
The incidence rate of MRSA among hospitalized patients with lung cancer decreased steadily after the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings suggest that routine hospital-wide infection control measures implemented during the pandemic may yield lasting benefits even in the absence of targeted interventions.
Authors
- Hisafumi Kihara
- Hiroshi Kakeya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-1696)
- Yasutaka Ihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-6328)
- Naoto Okada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-9191)
- Waki Imoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-1764)
- Yukihiro Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-6141)
Institutions
- Osaka City University (JP)
- Ehime University Hospital (JP)
- Yamaguchi University Hospital (JP)
- Osaka City University Hospital (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
- Osaka International University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40780-025-00500-y
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00