Two original observations concerning bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care units during the first wave of the epidemic in France

PLoS One. 2021 Apr 29;16(4):e0250728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250728. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Among 197 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in ICU, 88 (44.7%) experienced at least one bacterial infection, with pneumonia (39.1%) and bloodstream infections (15,7%) being the most frequent. Unusual findings include frequent suspicion of bacterial translocations originating from the digestive tract as well as bacterial persistence in the lungs despite adequate therapy.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacterial Infections / complications*
  • Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / virology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.