Fig. 1.

Flowchart of patient selection, group constitution and extrapolationa – France, 2016.

^aGroup M⁻ missing resistance status was extrapolated from group M⁺ susceptible and resistant bacteria, according to sex, age and site of infection and the variable described, listed in Table 2. Because of insufficient sample size, 452 stays could not be extrapolated. ^bThe first infectious episode in patients hospitalized within 2016 was defined as the first infection that occurred at an anatomical site.