Secondary Bacterial Infections in Critical Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Fu, Yiqi; Yang, Qing; Xu, Min; Kong, Haishen; Chen, Hongchao; Fu, Yajie; Yao, Yake; Zhou, Hua; Zhou, Jianying

Fu, Yiqi; Yang, Qing; Xu, Min; Kong, Haishen; Chen, Hongchao; Fu, Yajie; Yao, Yake; Zhou, Hua; Zhou, Jianying.

Fu Y; Department of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Yang Q; Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xu M; Key Laboratory of Clinical In Vitro Diagnostic Techniques of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Kong H; State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Chen H; Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Fu Y; Key Laboratory of Clinical In Vitro Diagnostic Techniques of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Yao Y; Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhou H; Key Laboratory of Clinical In Vitro Diagnostic Techniques of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Zhou J; State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Open Forum Infect Dis ; 7(6): ofaa220, 2020 Jun.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1109310

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Secondary bacterial infections occurred in 13.9% (5 of 36) of critical ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019. All 5 patients had been admitted to intensive care unit and received mechanical ventilation before developing bacterial infection. Active surveillance of culture should be performed for critically ill patients. Prevention of nosocomial infection should to be taken seriously.

Keywords

COVID-19; Gram-negative bacilli; antibiotic prophylaxis; bacterial infection; critical ill

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