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Observational Study
. 2021 Jan;42(1):84-88.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.368. Epub 2020 Jul 24.

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

Priya Nori  1 , Kelsie Cowman  1 , Victor Chen  2 , Rachel Bartash  1 , Wendy Szymczak  3 , Theresa Madaline  1 , Chitra Punjabi Katiyar  1 , Ruchika Jain  1 , Margaret Aldrich  4 , Gregory Weston  1 , Philip Gialanella  3 , Marilou Corpuz  1 , Inessa Gendlina  1 , Yi Guo  2
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Observational Study

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

Priya Nori et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jan.

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.

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Microorganism summary. Note. *Abbreviations: MSSA, Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; spp., species Other microorganisms include: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Serratia marcescens, Actinomyces neuii, Corynebacterium afermentans, Corynebacterium matruchotii, Rothia mucilaginosa, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, Blautia coccoides, Escheria vulneris, Prevotella disiens, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Bacteroides ovatus group, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Chryseobacterium gleum, Citrobacter koseri, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Serratia marcescens
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