Title
Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Garcia-Vidal C.
Sanjuan G.
Moreno-García E.
Puerta-Alcalde P.
Garcia-Pouton N.
Chumbita M.
Fernandez-Pittol M.
Pitart C.
Inciarte A.
Bodro M.
Morata L.
Ambrosioni J.
Grafia I.
Meira F.
Macaya I.
Cardozo C.
Casals C.
Tellez A.
Castro P.
Marco F.
García F.
Mensa J.
Martínez J.A.
Soriano A.
Rico V.
Hernández-Meneses M.
Agüero D.
Torres B.
González A.
de la Mora L.
Rojas J.
Linares L.
Fidalgo B.
Rodriguez N.
Nicolas D.
Albiach L.
Muñoz J.
Almuedo A.
Camprubí D.
Angeles Marcos M.
Fernández S.
Nicolas J.M.
Torres A.
University of Barcelona
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Objectives: To describe the burden, epidemiology and outcomes of co-infections and superinfections occurring in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: We performed an observational cohort study of all consecutive patients admitted for ≥48 hours to the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona for COVID-19 (28 February to 22 April 2020) who were discharged or dead. We describe demographic, epidemiologic, laboratory and microbiologic results, as well as outcome data retrieved from electronic health records. Results: Of a total of 989 consecutive patients with COVID-19, 72 (7.2%) had 88 other microbiologically confirmed infections: 74 were bacterial, seven fungal and seven viral. Community-acquired co-infection at COVID-19 diagnosis was uncommon (31/989, 3.1%) and mainly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. A total of 51 hospital-acquired bacterial superinfections, mostly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli, were diagnosed in 43 patients (4.7%), with a mean (SD) time from hospital admission to superinfection diagnosis of 10.6 (6.6) days. Overall mortality was 9.8% (97/989). Patients with community-acquired co-infections and hospital-acquired superinfections had worse outcomes. Conclusions: Co-infection at COVID-19 diagnosis is uncommon. Few patients developed superinfections during hospitalization. These findings are different compared to those of other viral pandemics. As it relates to hospitalized patients with COVID-19, such findings could prove essential in defining the role of empiric antimicrobial therapy or stewardship strategies.
Start page
83
End page
88
Volume
27
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema respiratorio
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090307560
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
ISSN of the container
1198743X
Sponsor(s)
CGV has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Gilead Science, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Janssen and Lilly, as well as a grant from Gilead Science and MSD. PPA has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Gilead Science and MSD. JM has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer, Novartis and Angellini. AS has received honoraria for talks on behalf of Merck Sharp and Dohme, Pfizer, Novartis and Angellini, as well as grant support from Pfizer. The other authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
Our group is recognized by the AGAUR (project 2017SGR1432) of the Catalan Health Agency. This research is part of an activity that has received funding from EIT Health . EIT Health is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology ( EIT ), a body of the European Union receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme. This study has been cofunded by the European Regional Development Fund (EDRD) . EMG ( PI18/01061 ), PPA ( CM18/00132 ), NGP ( FI19/00133 ) and CGV ( FIS PI18/01061 ), have received research grants from the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III . No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the report.
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