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Table 2 Summary of the outbreak characteristics in the included studies

From: The challenge of preventing and containing outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms and Candida auris during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: report of a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak and a systematic review of the literature

Article

Type of article

Time span of outbreak

SARS-CoV-2

Setting

Type of MDR Strain

Size

Patient outcome (hosp. mortality)

Farfour et al. (2020)—France

Original article

03/20–04/20

Positive

ICU

E. Coli NDM-5, CTX-M-15

6

0/6

Artega-Livias et. Al. (2021) – Peru

Letter to the Editor

08/20–09/20

Positive

ICU

K. pneumoniae NDM, CTX-M

4

3/4

Kampmeier et al. (2020) – Germany

Original ariticle

03/20–04/20

3/5 positive

ICU

E. faecium VRE Van B

5

Unknown

Gottesman et al. (2021) Israel

Original article

03/20–04/20

Positive

ICU/Ward

CRAB A. baumannii (bla OXA-24-like carbapenemase)

5

2/5

Prestel et al. (2021) – USA (FL)

Original article

07/20 -08/20

Positive

ICU/Ward

C. auris

35

8/35

Patel et al. (2021) – USA (MD)

Original article

05/20 -06/20

Positive

ICU/IMCU

E. coli ESBL CTX-M

20

Unknown

Nori et al. (2020) – USA (NYC)

Letter to the editor

03/20–04/20

Positive

ICU

E. cloacae

Class B carbapenemase gene (blaNDM)

5

4/5

Allaw et al. (2021) – Lebanon

Original article

10/20–12/20

7/14 positive

ICU

C. auris

14

5/14

Shinohara et al. (2021) – Brasil

Letter to the editor

09/20–12/20

Positive

ICU

CRAB A. baumannii

14

7/14

Villanueva-Lozano et al. (2021) – Mexico

Letter to the editor

05/20–08/20

11/12 positive

ICU

C. auris

12

5/12

Garcia-Menino et al. (2020) – Spain

Original article

Not specified

Positive

ICU

K. pneumoniae (OXA-48, CTX-M-15)

7

1/7

Perez (2020) – USA (NJ)

Original article

02/20–07/20

17/34 positive

ICU/Ward

CRAB A. baumanni OXA-23 (26 isolates, 2 with Additional NDM-Metallo-betalactamase

34

10/34

Magnasco et al. (2021) – Italy

Original article

03/20–04/20

Positive

ICU

C. auris

6

3/6

Chowdhary et al. (2020) – India

Original article

04/20–07/20

Positive

ICU

C. auris

10

6/10

Duployez et al. (2021) – France

Short communication

03/20–05/20

Positive

ICU

CRAB A. baumanni (OXA-23)

21

5/21

De Almeida et al. (2021) -Brasil

Original article

12/20 (cross-sectional study)

8/10 positive

ICU/SICU

C. auris

10

3/10

Thoma et al. (2021) – Switzerland

Original article

09/20 – 11/20

7/10 positive

ICU

CRAB A. baumanni (OXA-23)

10

6/10

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, SICU Semi-ICU, NR not reported, Beta-L Beta-lactam, NDM New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase, VRE Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, CRAB Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii, PPE personal protective equipment, AB antibiotic