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. 2020 Aug 6:ciaa1120. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1120

Table 1.

Summary of the Characteristics of Patients Presenting to North Middlesex University Hospital in March−April 2020 With Both PCR Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Bacteremia

Age Presentation Relevant Background and Comorbidities Organism Source of Bacteremia Outcome
92 Collapse CVD
T2DM
S. aureus Not identified Died
71 Collapse COPD
CVD
T2DM
S. aureus Not identified Died
86 Collapse CVD S. parasanguinis Skin/soft tissue infection leg Died
58 Fever, lethargy, cough T2DM E. faecalis and K. pneumoniae Hepatic abscess and infected biliary stent Discharged
70 Deranged blood sugars and vomiting Pancreatic cancer
T2DM
E. coli Presumed hepatobiliary Died
88 Fever and fall Care home resident
CVD
E. coli Likely urinary Discharged
86 Fever and dysuria Care home resident
CVD
K. pneumoniae and E. coli Urinary Died
85 Collapse and dysuria Care home resident
CKD
CVD
P. mirabilis Urinary Discharged
81 Fever and fall CVD
T2DM
P. mirabilis Urinary Discharged
83 Diarrhea and lethargy Care home resident
CVD
IBD
Pressure sores
E. coli Sacral osteomyelitis Died
53 Shortness of breath CKD
CVD
S. epidermidis Line infection Died

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease including hypertension; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.