Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Bloodstream Infections in COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care: A Single-Center Observational Study.

Ahmet Furkan KurtBilgul MeteSeval UrkmezOktay DemirkiranGuleren Yartas DumanliSuha BozbayOlcay DilkenRidvan KaraaliIlker Inanç BalkanNese SaltoğluYalim DikmenFehmi TabakGokhan Aygun

Published in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2022)

BSI is a common complication in COVID-19 patients followed in the ICU, and it can lead to mortality. Failure in infection control measures, intensive immunosuppressive treatments, and invasive interventions are among the main factors leading to BSIs.

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