Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 160(11): 495-498, 2023 06 09.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2211136
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim was to compare the incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 adult patients during the pandemic period versus the previous two years. Also, we described the characteristics of both cohorts of patients in pandemic period to find differences. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Retrospective study in our tertiary-care centre reviewing S. aureus bacteremia episodes in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients through clinical records and the Microbiology Department database.RESULTS:
In 2018 and 2019, the incidence of S. aureus bacteremia episodes was 1.95 and 1.63 per 1000 admissions respectively. In the pandemic period, global incidence was 1.96 episodes per 1000 non-COVID-19 admissions and 10.59 episodes per 1000 COVID-19 admissions. A total of 241 bacteremia was registered during this pandemic period in 74 COVID-19 patients and in 167 non-COVID-19 patients. Methicillin resistance was detected in 32.4% and 13.8% of isolates from COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients respectively. In COVID-19 patients, mortality rates were significantly higher.CONCLUSIONS:
We showed a significantly high rates of S. aureus bacteremia incidence in COVID-19 patients and higher methicillin resistance and 15-day mortality rates than in non-COVID-19 patients.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Bacteremia
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Med Clin (Barc)
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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