Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients-Experience from a 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Poland.

Natalia Słabisz Ruth Dudek-Wicher Patrycja Leśnik Jacek Majda Krzysztof Kujawa Urszula Nawrot

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)

The incidence of BSIs increased and the mortality rate was higher in the COVID-19 period compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. The study showed limited usefulness of procalcitonin in patients with COVID-19, likely due to the administered immunosuppressive therapy.

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