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. 2020 Aug 5;9(8):635.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080635.

Increased Risk of Acquisition of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) among a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Tuscany, Italy

Andrea Davide Porretta  1   2 , Angelo Baggiani  1   2 , Guglielmo Arzilli  1 , Virginia Casigliani  1 , Tommaso Mariotti  1 , Francesco Mariottini  1 , Giuditta Scardina  1 , Daniele Sironi  1 , Michele Totaro  1 , Simona Barnini  3 , Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera  1   2
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Increased Risk of Acquisition of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) among a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Tuscany, Italy

Andrea Davide Porretta et al. Pathogens. .

Abstract

We describe the epidemiology of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) colonization/infection in a cohort of COVID-19 patients in an Italian teaching hospital. These patients had an increased risk of NDM-CRE acquisition versus the usual patients (75.9 vs. 25.3 cases/10,000 patient days). The co-infection significantly increased the duration of hospital stay (32.9 vs. 15.8 days).

Keywords: COVID-19; New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase; health care related infections; surveillance.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Prevalence of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and incidence of NDM-CRE cases.
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