Table 2.

COVID-19 Patients with Positive Respiratory and/or Blood Cultures

	Respiratory N=91		Blood N= 82
	n or median	% or IQR	n or median	% or IQR
Microbiology
Timing of Culture Results
Time between positive bacterial culture and SARS-CoV-2 PCR results, days	6	2–8	7	3–14
Patients with positive bacterial culture result prior to positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR result	4	4%	17	22%
Patients with positive bacterial culture and SARS-CoV-2 PCR results on same day	2	2%	22	26%
Multidrug-resistant Organism	17	19%	7	9%
Documented Catheter of Any Type on Earliest Date of Bacteremia (Excluding Foley)
Total Number of Catheter	–	–	44	54%
Hemodialysis catheter	–	–	13	16%
Central venous catheter	–	–	37	45%
Peritoneal dialysis catheter	–	–	4	5%
Source of Bacteremia	–	–
Gastrointestinal	–	–	6	7%
Genitourinary	–	–	7	9%
Catheter	–	–	19	23%
Respiratory	–	–	11	13%
Oral pharyngeal	–	–	2	2%
Skin	–	–	5	6%
Multiple sources	–	–	25	30%
Other	–	–	2	2%
Unknown	–	–	5	6%
Clinical Characteristics
Initial Chest X-ray
Bilateral opacities	76	84%	–	–
Unilateral opacities	6	7%	–	–
Interstitial	4	5%	–	–
Pneumonia on Initial Chest X-ray	–	–	72	88%
Critical Care Admission	85	93%	33	40%
Ward Admission Only	6	7%	39	48%
Emergency Department Only	0	0%	10	12%
Intubated	86	95%	46	56%
Maximum Lab Values, median
WBC, k/uL	20.6	15.9–29.7	15.7	10.9–24.7
CRP, mg/dL	31.2	20.9–41.8	19.3	0–37.3
PCT, ng/mL	1.9	0.4–10.9	0.8	0–9.9
Outcomes
Length of stay, days	15	9–21	12	3–24
Still admitted at time of analysis	30	33%	23	28%
Discharged alive	8	9%	17	21%
Deceased	53	58%	42	51%