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. 2021 Jan;44(1):51-58.

Blood stream infections during the first wave of COVID-19. A short microbiological retrospective picture at Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

Marina Cuntrò  1 , Alberto Manisco  1 , Davide Guarneri  1 , Gianluca Zuglian  2   3 , Francesca Vailati  1 , Marco Passera  1 , Marco Cavallini  1 , Annibale Raglio  1 , Claudio Farina  1
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  • PMID: 33755185

Blood stream infections during the first wave of COVID-19. A short microbiological retrospective picture at Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

Marina Cuntrò et al. New Microbiol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the etiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy. Two periods were evaluated: February 22-May 21, 2019/2020. We considered: the number of patients and blood culture sets, species of isolates (bacteria, specifically those indicated by EARS criteria; CoNS; Candida albicans) and their antibiotic sensitivity. In 2020 Escherichia coli and Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae disappeared. Candida albicans and MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecium and Acinetobacter baumannii were largely present. The analysis shows: 1. BSIs number was the same; 2. In the first month of the COVID-19 period, BSIs were uncommon; 3. Microbial etiologies were different; 4. MDR isolates were less common.

Keywords: COVID-19; MDR; bacteria; blood stream infections; yeasts.

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