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Bacterial and fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the New York City pandemic surge.

Authors :
Nori P
Cowman K
Chen V
Bartash R
Szymczak W
Madaline T
Punjabi Katiyar C
Jain R
Aldrich M
Weston G
Gialanella P
Corpuz M
Gendlina I
Guo Y
Source :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2021 Jan; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 84-88. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 24.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We observed bacterial or fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients admitted between March 1 and April 18, 2020 (152 of 4,267, 3.6%). Among these patients, mortality was 57%; 74% were intubated; 51% with bacteremia had central venous catheters. Time to culture positivity was 6-7 days, and 79% had received prior antibiotics. Metallo-β-lactamase-producing E. cloacae coinfections occurred in 5 patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1559-6834
Volume :
42
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32703320
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.368