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. 2023 Aug 24;22:77. doi: 10.1186/s12941-023-00625-8

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