Bacteremia during COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Spain
The reasons for the decrease in blood cultures were investigated and the rate and aetiology of bacteremia and contaminated blood cultures collected from COVID and non-COVID patients were assessed. We performed a retrospective analysis in a tertiary hospital in Spain during the COVID period from 4th...
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Published in: | Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 183 - 186 |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier España, S.L.U
01-04-2022
Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U |
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Summary: | The reasons for the decrease in blood cultures were investigated and the rate and aetiology of bacteremia and contaminated blood cultures collected from COVID and non-COVID patients were assessed.
We performed a retrospective analysis in a tertiary hospital in Spain during the COVID period from 4th March 2020 to 21st June 2020.
The number of blood cultures processed was 5313, representing 22.7% and 18.8% of decrease compared to the same months of 2019 and 2018, respectively (p=0.173). The rate of bacteremia was 1.2% higher among COVID-patients than among non-COVID patients (p<0.001). COVID patients had a higher proportion of nosocomial bacteremia (95.5%) than non-COVID patients (30.5%) (p<0.001). In COVID-positive patients, the contamination rate was 12.3% vs 5.7% in non-COVID patients (p<0.001).
There was a decrease in the number of blood cultures collected during the COVID period compared to previous years. Bacteremia in COVID patients was mainly nosocomial and catheter-related.
Investigar la causa de la disminución de los hemocultivos recibidos y evaluar la tasa y la etiología de la bacteriemia y la contaminación de los hemocultivos extraídos en pacientes con COVID-19 y sin COVID-19.
Estudio retrospectivo en un hospital de tercer nivel en España durante el periodo de COVID-19 del 4 de marzo al 21 de junio de 2020.
Se procesaron 5.313 hemocultivos, representando una disminución del 22,7 y 18,8% respecto de los mismos meses de 2019 y 2018 (p = 0,173). La tasa de bacteriemia fue 1,2% superior en pacientes con COVID-19 (p < 0,001). Los pacientes positivos en COVID-19 tenían una mayor proporción de bacteriemia nosocomial (95,5%) que los pacientes sin COVID-19 (30,5%) (p < 0,001). En pacientes positivos en COVID-19, la tasa de contaminación fue del 12,3 vs. 5,7% en pacientes sin COVID-19 (p < 0,001).
Durante el periodo de COVID-19 disminuyó el número de hemocultivos recibidos, en comparación con años anteriores. La bacteriemia en pacientes con COVID-19 fue principalmente nosocomial y se asoció con el catéter. |
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ISSN: | 0213-005X 2529-993X 1578-1852 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.eimc.2021.01.015 |