Low prevalence of bloodstream infection and high blood culture contamination rates in patients with COVID-19.
David YuKarolina IninbergsKarolina HedmanChristian G GiskeKristoffer StrålinVolkan ÖzenciPublished in: PloS one (2020)
In COVID-19 patients, the prevalence of bloodstream bacterial infection is low and the contamination rate of BC is high. This knowledge should influence guidelines regarding blood culture sampling and empirical antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 patients.