37. Bloodstream Infections in the United States and Europe: Etiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2016–2019)

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Background. The SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program monitored the etiology of bloodstream infections (BSI) and other infections worldwide since 1997. We evaluated the results for BSI in the United States (US) and Europe (EU). Methods. Organisms were consecutively collected (1/patient) from 79 medical centers located in the US (n=12,748; 35 centers), western EU (W-EU; n=12,198; 29 centers from 10 nations: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom), and eastern EU (E-EU; n=3,297; 15 centers from 12 nations: Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey). Organisms were susceptibility tested by reference broth microdilution methods in a central laboratory. Results. The most common organism found was S. aureus in the US and E. coli in W-EU and E-EU (Table). E. coli, S. aureus, and K. pneumoniae represented the top 3 organisms in all 3 regions and accounted for 53.9-54.8% of the collection. Gramnegative bacilli (GNB) represented 48.8% of organisms in the US, 59.8% in W-EU, and 65.6% in E-EU. MRSA rates were higher in US (41.6%) compared to W-EU (24.4%) and E-EU (24.6%). In contrast, susceptibility to ceftriaxone and levofloxacin among E. coli were lower in E-EU (66.4% and 55.8%, respectively) compared to W-EU (83.3% and 73.5%, respectively) and the US (83.0% and 65.8%, respectively). Among K. pneumoniae, susceptibility to ceftriaxone and meropenem were 86.6% and 98.7% in US, 64.3% and 84.7% in W-EU, and 30.2% and 72.5% in E-EU, respectively. CRE rates were lower in US (0.5%) compared to W-EU (2.8%) and very high in E-EU (10.4%). P. aeruginosa susceptibility to piperacillin-tazobactam and meropenem were 84.8% and 83.7% in US, 81.4% and 82.3% in W-EU, and 64.6% and 57.6% in E-EU, respectively. Vancomycin-nonsusceptibility (VRE) rates in the US, W-EU, E-EU were 3.2%, 0.9%, and 2.7% among E. faecalis, and 64.6%, 18.2%, and 30.6% among E. faecium, respectively. Conclusion. The frequency of GNB was lower in the US compared to W-EU and E-EU. Antimicrobial resistance rates among Gram-positive cocci were higher in the US compared to W-EU and E-EU; whereas, among GNB, resistance rates generally were higher in E-EU compared to W-EU and the US.