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

Autor: Nori P; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Cowman K; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Chen V; Department of Pharmacy, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Bartash R; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Szymczak W; Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Madaline T; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Punjabi Katiyar C; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Jain R; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Aldrich M; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Weston G; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Gialanella P; Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Corpuz M; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Gendlina I; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York., Guo Y; Department of Pharmacy, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2021 Jan; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 84-88. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 24.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.368
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE