Trends in rates of incidence, fatality and antimicrobial resistance among isolates of Pseudomonas spp. causing bloodstream infections in England between 2009 and 2018: results from a national voluntary surveillance scheme

This article provides baseline epidemiological data on Pseudomonas spp. bloodstream infection (BSI) in England for comparison against future findings from the mandatory surveillance of this infection, beginning April 2017. To report trends in incidence, 30-day all-cause mortality and antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas spp. BSI in England between 2009 and 2018. Patients and antibiotic susceptibility data were obtained from UK Health Security Agency's voluntary surveillance database. Mortality information was linked from a central data repository. There were 39,322 Pseudomonas spp. BSIs between 2009 and 2018. Regression analysis found that the incidence rate was greater by 18.5% (P