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Table 2 Type and frequency of all healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) registered by the active surveillance system among the patients admitted to the main Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Umberto I teaching hospital of Rome between 1st March and 4th April 2019 and 1st March and 4th April 2020. Results are expressed as number (percentage)

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections in intensive care unit patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

2019 cohort

2020 cohort

HAI

14 (100)

45 (100)

 Device-related HAI

  

  VAP

0 (0.0)

17 (37.8)

  CRBSI

1 (7.1)

0 (0.0)

  CAUTI

1 (7.1)

10 (22.2)

 BUO

12 (85.8)

14 (31.1)

 Clostridium difficile infection

0 (0.0)

2 (4.4)

 Surgical site infection

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

 Healthcare-associated pneumonia

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

Microorganism

19 (100)

62 (100)

 Acinetobacter baumannii

6 (31.6)

18 (29.0)

 Candida albicans or parapsilosis

0 (0.0)

6 (9.7)

 Clostridium difficile

0 (0.0)

2 (3.2)

 Enterobateriaceae

3 (15.8)

9 (14.5)

 Enterococci

6 (31.6)

3 (4.8)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

3 (15.8)

9 (14.5)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1 (5.3)

5 (8.1)

 Staphylococcus aureus

0 (0.0)

2 (3.2)

 Coagulase Negative Staphylococci

0 (0.0)

8 (12.9)

  1. VAP Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, CRBSI Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection, CAUTI Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, BUO Bloodstream infections of Unknown Origin