%0 Journal Article
%T Increased rates of hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in National Health Service acute trusts in England between June 2020 and March 2021: a national surveillance review.
%A Mason E
%A Nsonwu O
%A Elmes J
%A Chudasama D
%A Pearson C
%A Hasan L
%A Hope R
%A Gerver SM
%J J Hosp Infect
%V 143
%N 0
%D 2024 Jan
%M 38529780
%F 8.944
%R 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.10.012
%X A large increase in hospital-onset and intensive-care-unit-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates in English acute trusts was observed between 2020 and 2021, coinciding with reported increases in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and associated hospitalizations. Many of these S. aureus bacteraemia cases were defined as co-/secondary infections to COVID-19. Over the same period, increases in the percentage of ventilator-associated pneumonia-related bacteraemia were also found. The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have contributed to the increase in hospital-onset S. aureus bacteraemia in England; further studies are needed to better understand the impacts on patient outcomes.