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Community-acquired and hospital-acquired respiratory tract infection and bloodstream infection in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

Authors :
Kirstine K. Søgaard
Veronika Baettig
Michael Osthoff
Stephan Marsch
Karoline Leuzinger
Michael Schweitzer
Julian Meier
Stefano Bassetti
Roland Bingisser
Christian H. Nickel
Nina Khanna
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter
Maja Weisser
Manuel Battegay
Hans H. Hirsch
Hans Pargger
Martin Siegemund
Adrian Egli
Source :
Journal of Intensive Care, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
BMC, 2021.

Abstract

Abstract Objectives SARS-CoV-2 may cause acute lung injury, and secondary infections are thus relevant complications in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. However, detailed information on community- and hospital-acquired infections among patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is scarce. Methods We identified 220 SARS-CoV-2-positive patients hospitalized at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (between 25 February and 31 May 2020). We excluded patients who declined the general consent (n = 12), patients without clinical evidence of pneumonia (n = 29), and patients hospitalized for

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20520492
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Intensive Care
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.05c3ce664106480e83d07b6c75635e6a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-021-00526-y