Bacteremia during COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Spain.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
; 40(4): 183-186, 2022 04.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1814369
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The reasons for the decrease in blood cultures were investigated and the rate and aetiology of bacteremia and contaminated blood cultures collected from COVID and non-COVID patients were assessed.METHODS:
We performed a retrospective analysis in a tertiary hospital in Spain during the COVID period from 4th March 2020 to 21st June 2020.RESULTS:
The number of blood cultures processed was 5313, representing 22.7% and 18.8% of decrease compared to the same months of 2019 and 2018, respectively (p=0.173). The rate of bacteremia was 1.2% higher among COVID-patients than among non-COVID patients (p<0.001). COVID patients had a higher proportion of nosocomial bacteremia (95.5%) than non-COVID patients (30.5%) (p<0.001). In COVID-positive patients, the contamination rate was 12.3% vs 5.7% in non-COVID patients (p<0.001).CONCLUSION:
There was a decrease in the number of blood cultures collected during the COVID period compared to previous years. Bacteremia in COVID patients was mainly nosocomial and catheter-related.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cross Infection
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Bacteremia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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