Bloodstream infections in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Changing epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic increased the burden of critically ill patients who required hospitalization in the intensive care unit (ICU). Bacterial and fungal co-infections, including bloodstream infections (BSIs), increased significantly in ICU patients with COVID-19; this had a significant negative impact on patient outcomes. Reported data pertaining to BSI episodes from the ICU setting during the COVID-19 pandemic were collected and analyzed for this narrative review. We searched the PubMed database for articles published between March 2020 and October 2023; the terms "COVID-19" AND "bloodstream infections" AND "ICU" were used for the search. A total of 778 articles were retrieved; however, only 27 were exclusively related to BSIs in ICU patients with COVID-19. Dat

SUBMITTER: Ntziora F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11258508 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature