Bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients before and during the COVID-19 surge in a community hospital in the South Bronx
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Higher incidence of bloodstream infections (BSI) among patients during the COVID-19 surge.
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Increased hospital-acquired and central line-associated BSI during the COVID-19 surge.
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Enterococcus spp. was the most common microbe causing BSI during the COVID-19 surge.
Keywords
Bloodstream infections
BSI
COVID-19
Enterococcus
Bacteremia
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.