Table 5.
Most frequent etiologies of HAIs in COVID-19 patients at UHK
| Etiological factors | ICU N (%) | Non-ICU N (%) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNA | UTI | BSI | Others | Total | UTI | Others | Total | |||||||||
| Gram-positive bacteria | ||||||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 22 | 19.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 12.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 31 | 11.8 | 1 | 1.9 | 4 | 25.0 | 5 | 7.2 |
| Coagulase Negative Staphylococci | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Streptococcus spp. | 3 | 2.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 25.6 | 7 | 14.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 30 | 11.5 | 7 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 10.1 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 11.6 | 8 | 16.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 19 | 7.3 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5.8 |
| Gram-negative bacteria | ||||||||||||||||
| Enterobacteriaceae | ||||||||||||||||
| Escherichia coli | 7 | 6.0 | 17 | 19.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 26 | 9.9 | 19 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 27.5 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 16 | 13.8 | 5 | 5.8 | 8 | 16.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 31 | 11.8 | 11 | 20.8 | 1 | 6.3 | 12 | 17.4 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 8 | 6.9 | 2 | 2.3 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 13 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Others | 11 | 9.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 23 | 8.8 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5.8 |
| Nonfermenting bacilli | ||||||||||||||||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 39 | 33.6 | 12 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 21.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 5 | 31.3 | 7 | 10.1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 4 | 3.4 | 7 | 8.1 | 3 | 6.0 | 1 | 10,0 | 15 | 5.7 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Nonfermenting bacilli, others | 4 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Other Gram-negative bacteria | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 6.3 | 4 | 5.8 |
| Total | 116 | 100.0 | 86 | 100.0 | 50 | 100.0 | 10 | 100.0 | 262 | 100.0 | 53 | 100.0 | 16 | 100.0 | 69 | 100.0 |
Legend: BSI: bloodstream infection; HAI: healthcare-associated infections; ICU: intensive care unit; PNA: pneumonia; UTI: urinary tract infection; UHK: University Hospital in Kraków