Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care unit

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OBJECTIVES: Superinfections in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) are an important and challenging complication, also in COVID-19. However, no definitive data are available about the role of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) in COVID-19.

METHODS: This was a single-center, cross-sectional study including patients with MDR-AB infections admitted to ICU with or without COVID-19, between January 2019 and January 2021. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate risk factor for MDR-AB infections in ICU patients hospitalized for COVID-19 or other etiology. The secondary endpoints were 30-days mortality in all study population and risk factors associated with development of bloodstream infection (BSI).

RESULTS: During the study period 32 adults with COVID-19 were enrolled and compared with 115 patients admitted in the same ICU for other reasons. We observed a total of 114 deaths, with a survival rate of 29.3%: 18.8% in COVID-19 and 32.2% in control group. Relative risk for MDR-AB infection in COVID-19 showed that serum lactate levels mmol/l > 2, Acinetobacter baumannii colonization, BSI and steroid therapy were observed more frequently in COVID-19 patients. Cox regression analysis showed that serum lactate levels > 2 mmol/l, Acinetobacter baumannii colonization, BSI, and steroid therapy were associated with 30-days mortality. Finally, patients with COVID-19, white blood cells count > 11,000 mm3, serum lactate levels > 2 mmol/l, infections at time of ICU admission, Acinetobacter baumannii colonization, and steroid therapy were independently associated with development of BSI.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data highlight the impact of BSI on outcome, the role of Acinetobacter baumannii colonization and the use of steroids on the risk to develop MDR-AB infections also during COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Infection - 50(2022), 1 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 83-92

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Russo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Gavaruzzi, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Ceccarelli, Giancarlo [VerfasserIn]
Borrazzo, Cristian [VerfasserIn]
Oliva, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Alessandri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Magnanimi, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Pugliese, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Venditti, Mario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acinetobacter baumannii
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteraemia
COVID-19
Colonization
Journal Article
Steroids

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s15010-021-01643-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327231599