The emergence of multi-drug-resistant bacteria causing healthcare-associated infections in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective multi-centre study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We evaluated the prevalence, aetiologies and antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial infections in hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2. We also investigated comorbidities, risk factors and the mortality rate in COVID-19 patients with bacterial infections.

Methods

This retrospective observational study evaluated medical records of 7249 randomly selected patients with COVID-19 admitted to three clinical centres between 1^st January 2021 and 16^th February 2022. A total of 6478 COVID-19 patients met the eligibility criteria for analysis.

Results

The mean age of the patients with SARS-CoV-2 and bacterial infections was 68.6 ± 15.5 years (range: 24-94 years). The majority of patients (68.7%) were older than 65 yea

SUBMITTER: Gajic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140260 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature