Microbiologically confirmed infections and antibiotic-resistance in a national surveillance study of hospitalised patients who died with COVID-19, Italy 2020-2021.

Marco FloridiaMarina GiulianoMonica MonacoLuigi PalmieriCinzia Lo NoceAnna Teresa PalamaraAnnalisa PantostiSilvio BrusaferroGraziano Ondernull null

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2022)

In hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19, secondary infections are considerably more common than co-infections, and are mostly due to Gram-negative bacterial pathogens showing a very high rate of antibiotic resistance.

Keyphrases

gram negative
coronavirus disease
multidrug resistant
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public health
quality improvement
early onset
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
community acquired pneumonia
antimicrobial resistance
drug induced