Diagnostic significance of secondary bacteremia in patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the occurrence of non-respiratory bacterial and fungal secondary infections, causative organisms, impact on clinical outcomes, and association between the secondary pathogens and mortality in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study that included data from inpatients with COVID-19 from multiple centers participating in the Japan COVID-19 Taskforce (April 2020 to May 2021). We obtained demographic, epidemiological, and microbiological data throughout the course of hospitalization and analyzed the cases of COVID-19 complicated by non-respiratory bacterial infections.

Results

Of the 1914 patients included, non-respiratory bacterial infections with COVID-19 were diagnosed in 81

SUBMITTER: Nakagawara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature