Predominance of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia

Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 Nov-Dec;52(12):919-922. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1802062. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

Authors

Anne Line Engsbro¹, Simone Bastrup Israelsen^{2

3}, Michael Pedersen¹, Sandra Tingsgaard^{2

3}, Gorm Lisby¹, Christian Ø Andersen¹, Thomas Benfield^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Research and Disruption of Infectious Diseases (CREDID), Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
³ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 32779951
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2020.1802062

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Disease Progression
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2