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Co-infection and ICU-acquired infection in COIVD-19 ICU patients: a secondary analysis of the UNITE-COVID data set.

Andrew Conway MorrisKatharina KohlerThomas De CorteAri ErcoleHarm-Jan S de GroothPaul W G ElbersPaula FernandesRui MoraisDespoina KoulentiSameer JogNathan D NielsenAlasdair JubbMaurizio CecconiJan J De Waelenull null
Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2022)
In patients with severe COVID-19 in the first wave, co-infection at admission to ICU was relatively rare but antibiotic use was in substantial excess to that indication. ICU-AI were common and were significantly associated with use of corticosteroids. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04836065 (retrospectively registered April 8th 2021).
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