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

  1. Camille d’Humières
  2. Juliette Patrier
  3. Brice Lortat-Jacob
  4. Alexy Tran-dinh
  5. Lotfi Chemali
  6. Naouale Maataoui
  7. Emilie Rondinaud
  8. Etienne Ruppé
  9. Charles Burdet
  10. Stéphane Ruckly
  11. Philippe Montravers
  12. Jean-François Timsit
  13. Laurence Armand-Lefevre
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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.

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