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. 2020 Dec:23:290-291.
doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.10.004. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Incidence of bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients in intensive care: An alarming "collateral effect"

Maria Adriana Cataldo  1 , Nardi Tetaj  2 , Marina Selleri  2 , Luisa Marchioni  2 , Alessandro Capone  2 , Emanuela Caraffa  2 , Antonino Di Caro  2 , Nicola Petrosillo  2 ; INMICOVID-19 Co-infection Group  2
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Incidence of bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients in intensive care: An alarming "collateral effect"

Maria Adriana Cataldo et al. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

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    COVID-19 patients have an exaggerated risk of acquiring BSI during ICU stay.

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    The incidence of ICU-acquired BSI in COVID-19 patients is higher than that reported in European ICUs in the pre-COVID-19 period.

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    The commonest aetiological agents of BSI were intestinal commensals.

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    A high rate of acquisition of VRE colonisation was observed.

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