Incremental costs of hospital-acquired infections in COVID-19 patients in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital from a low-resource setting

Table 2 Hospital-acquired infection types identified during the study period

HAI type	Total (n, %)	1 HAI episode (n = 37)	≥ 2 HAIs (n = 19)
Pneumonia	38 (45.8)	18 (41.9)	20 (43.4)
VAP	36 (94.7)	17 (94.4)	19 (95.0)
BSI	35 (42.2)	18 (41.9)	17 (40.0)
CLABSI	23 (65.7)	11 (61.1)	12 (70.6)
GI-CDI	6 (7.2)	0 (0.0)	6 (13.0)
CAUTI	2 (2.4)	1 (2.3)	1 (2.1)
SSI	2 (2.4)	0 (0.0)	2 (4.3)
Total	83 (100)	37 (51.8)	46 (48.2)

HAI – hospital-acquired infection; VAP – ventilation-associated pneumonia; BSI – bloodstream infection; CLABSI – central-line-associated bloodstream infection; GI-CDI – gastrointestinal infection caused by Clostridium difficile; CAUTI – catheter-associated urinary tract infection; SSI – skin and soft tissue infection;

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