[Impact of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in COVID-19 patients]. / Impacto de la bacteriemia por Staphylococcus aureus en pacientes con COVID-19.
Rev Esp Quimioter
; 35(5): 468-474, 2022 Oct.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2310369
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been a challenge for healthcare professionals since its appearance. Staphylococcus aureus has been described as one of the main pathogens causing bacterial infections in viral pandemics. However, co- infection with S. aureus causing bacteremia in patients with COVID-19 has yet to be well studied.METHODS:
We performed a e study of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) at Hospital Miguel Servet (Zaragoza) from March 2020 to February 2021. The clinical characteristics, mortality and risk factors of adults hospitalized patients with BSA associated COVID-19 compared to patients without COVID-19.RESULTS:
A total of 95 patients with SAB were identified. 27.3% were positive for SARS-CoV-2. SAB represented 9.9% of bacteremia, being the second agent in frequency after E. coli. Nosocomial bacteremia was more frequent in the group of COVID-19 patients. The most frequent source of BSA in these patients was the respiratory source (26.9% vs 0%; P<0.001) followed by the skin (15.5% vs 15.9%; P=1). The development of sepsis was more frequent in COVID-19 patients (61,5% vs 7,8%; P=0,336) and among them, who received dexamethasone at doses > 6 mg/day (62.5% vs. 37.5%, P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Our data suggest that BSA has a negative impact on the evolution of patients with COVID-19. However, further and preferably prospective studies are required to obtain solid data on the impact of BSA on coronavirus patients.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Bacteremia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev Esp Quimioter
Journal subject:
Drug Therapy
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
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