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• Critically-ill COVID-19 patients with New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales infections at our medical center had poor outcomes, including death in 4 of 5 cases • Multiple insults contributed to the occurrence of co-infection in these patients, including prolonged hospitalization, intubation, invasive devices, extensive antibiotic use, immunosuppressive therapy and environmental factors • There are few antibiotic options for treatment of infections with New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales, contributing to poor outcomes • Hospitals and public health authorities should be vigilant for extensively drug resistant bacterial co-infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 |