Surveillance of bloodstream infections in pediatric patients for 11 years: what was the COVID-19 impact?
While the COVID-19 pandemic did not alter the overall bacterial trends in pediatric BSIs, it was associated with the emergence of fungal infections and rising MICs-even in the absence of increasing resistance rates. These findings reinforce the importance for continuous AMR surveillance in pediatric populations.
Authors
- Hilton Vizi Martinez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9364-8353)
- Mírian Nicéa Zarpellon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-5649)
- Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3887-362X)
- Rafael Renato Brondani Moreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-7537)
- Sheila Alexandra Belini Nishiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-2935)
- Heloisa Moreira Dias Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2111-5978)
- Daniela Dambroso-Altafini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-8659)
- Ana Luiza Faria Bernardes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-2760)
- Cleverson Antonio Poças (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9625-012X)
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual de Maringá (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-06246-8
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00