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Moreno-García, Estela; Puerta-Alcalde, Pedro; Letona, Laura; Meira, Fernanda; Dueñas, Gerard; Chumbita, Mariana; Garcia-Pouton, Nicole; Monzó, Patricia; Lopera, Carlos; Serra, Laia; Cardozo, Celia; Hernandez-Meneses, Marta; Rico, Verónica; Bodro, Marta; Morata, Laura; Fernandez-Pittol, Mariana; Grafia, Ignacio; Castro, Pedro; Mensa, Josep; Martínez, José Antonio; Sanjuan, Gemma; Marcos, Mª Angeles; Soriano, Alex; Garcia-Vidal, Carolina
International journal of infectious diseases, 05/2022, Volume: 118Journal Article
•Over 9% of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 will present a co-infection.•Independent risk factors for co-infection were identified.•When procalcitonin values are <0.2 ng/mL, co-infection is very rare.•High ferritin values and oxygen saturation >94% are also uncommon in co-infection. We described the current incidence and risk factors of bacterial co-infection in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Observational cohort study was performed at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (February 2020–February 2021). All patients with COVID-19 who were admitted for >48 hours with microbiological sample collection and procalcitonin (PCT) determination within the first 48 hours were included. A total of 1125 consecutive adults met inclusion criteria. Co-infections were microbiologically documented in 102 (9.1%) patients. Most frequent microorganisms were Streptococcus pneumoniae (79%), Staphylococcus aureus (6.8%), and Haemophilus influenzae (6.8%). Test positivity was 1% (8/803) for blood cultures, 10.1% (79/780) for pneumococcal urinary antigen test, and 11.4% (15/132) for sputum culture. Patients with PCT higher than 0.2, 0.5, 1, and 2 ng/mL had significantly more co-infections than those with lower levels (p=0.017, p=0.031, p<0.001, and p<0.001, respectively). In multivariate analysis, oxygen saturation ≤94% (OR 2.47, CI 1.57–3.86), ferritin levels <338 ng/mL (OR 2.63, CI 1.69–4.07), and PCT higher than 0.2 ng/mL (OR 1.74, CI 1.11–2.72) were independent risk factors for co-infection at hospital admission owing to COVID-19. Bacterial co-infection in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 is relatively common. However, clinicians could spare antibiotics in patients with PCT values <0.2, especially with high ferritin values and oxygen saturation >94%.
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