Hospital-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance Declined At VA Medical Centers Over 13-Year Period, Study Finds

MedPage Today (8/15, Kahn) reports, “Over a period of 13 years, hospital-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance declined simultaneously for common pathogens at U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, according to a large retrospective cohort study.” Researchers found that “during 2007 through 2019, the overall infection incidence of nine common pathogens declined with an average annual percentage change (AAPC) of -2.2%...and the proportion of infections resistant to at least one key antibiotic class declined from about 58% to 47%.” The findings were published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.