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. 2021 Jul 22;83(3):306–313. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.07.014

Table 3.

Main characteristics of 82 patients with superinfections after 48 h of hospitalization for COVID-19.

Characteristic Patients without a superinfection N = 508 (%) Patients with a superinfection N = 82 (%) P value Adjusted* OR (95% CI) P value
Age, years (median, IQR) 67 (40–84) 47 (22–72) 0.084 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.011
Male sex 278 (54.7) 55 (67.1) 0.041 0.93 (0.45–1.92) 0.85
Hematological malignancy 219 (43.1) 47 (57.3) 0.023 1.07 (0.49–2.31) 0.85
 Lymphoma 66 (13) 19 (23.2)
 Acute leukemia 29 (5.7) 9 (11)
 Multiple myeloma 52 (10.2) 6 (7.3)
 Myelodysplastic syndrome 15 (3) 1 (1.2)
 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 40 (7.9) 7 (8.5)
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant 44 (20.1) 6 (12.8)
Solid tumor 289 (57) 35 (42.7) 0.023
 Lung cancer 56 (19.4) 7 (20)
 Breast cancer 60 (20.8) 0
 Colorectal cancer 53 (18.4) 4 (11.4)
 Prostate cancer 22(7.6) 6 (17.1)
 Upper GI tract cancer 19 (6.6) 1 (2.9)
 Urinary tract cancer 16 (5.6) 3 (8.6)
 Gynecological cancer 13 (4.5) 5 (16.7)
 Head and neck cancer 9 (3.1) 4 (11.4)
  Hepatobiliary tumor 15 (5.1) 5 (14.3)
 Other 15 (5.1) 0
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 241 (47.5) 39 (47.6) 1.00
 Diabetes mellitus 99 (19.6) 15 (18.3) 0.88
 COPD 37 (57.8) 10 (55.6) 1.00
 Chronic heart disease 19 (3.7) 4 (4.9) 0.54
 Chronic renal disease 14 (2.8) 4 (4.9) 0.30
Immunosuppressive therapy
 Previous corticosteroids (1 m) 130 (25.7) 23 (28) 0.68
 -Prednisone > 10 mg/day 75 (58.6) 13 (59.1) 1.00
 Immunotherapy/targeted therapies 114 (22.4) 9 (11) 0.018 0.50 (0.17–1.43) 0.20
 Monoclonal antibodies 29 (5.7) 7 (8.5) 0.32
Neutropenia (< 500 cells/mm3) 20 (4.2) 8 (10.8) 0.040 4.88 (1.35–17.5) 0.015
Inflammatory biomarkers (median, IQR)
 C-reactive protein (mg/L) 65 (12–250) 79.4 (13–381) 0.16 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.12
 Procalcitonin (μg/L) 0.10 (0.02–3.94) 0.24 (0.11–2.00) 0.94
 Ferritin (μg/L)) 1.247 (30–12.474) 654 (466–11,330) <0.001
 Creatine kinase (U/L) 66 (16–296) 85 (16–185) 0.54
Therapy
 Hydroxychloroquine 375 (92.4) 60 (83.3) 0.023
 Lopinavir/ritonavir 222 (54.7) 44 (61.1) 0.36
 Remdesivir 15 (3.7) 6 (8.2) 0.11
 Tocilizumab 75 (18.5) 18 (25) 0.20
 Corticosteroids 185 (36.4) 39 (48.1) 0.049 2.03 (0.96–4.30) 0.062
 Corticosteroids and/or immunomodulators 204 (40.2) 42 (51.9) 0.053
Antibacterial therapy 414 (81.5) 79 (97.5) <0.001
 Amoxicillin-clavulanate 52 (12.6) 9 (11.4) 0.85
Broad-spectrum cephalosporins 51 (12.3) 16 (20.3) 0.059
 Carbapenems 67 (16.2) 35 (44.3) <0.001
 Quinolones 25 (6) 8 (10.1) 0.21
 Piperacillin-tazobactam 92 (22.2) 29 (36.7) 0.010
Antifungal therapy 9 (1.8) 5 (6.2) 0.032
Acute respiratory distress syndrome 158 (31.3) 35 (44.3) 0.028
ICU admission 51 (10.1) 28 (35) <0.001 4.98 (2.26–10.9) <0.001
 Invasive mechanical ventilation 30 (5.9) 27 (33.8) <0.001
Overall in-hospital case-fatality rate 157 (31.3) 26 (32.5) 0.89
 ICU-associated case-fatality rate 23 (4.7) 11 (14.1) 0.003

ICU, intensive care unit. COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Broad-spectrum cephalosporins: cefepime, ceftazidime, ceftolozane-tazobactam and ceftazidime-avibactam; Antifungal therapy (more than one antifungal was administered in some patients): fluconazole (n = 5), voriconazole (n = 3), micafungin (n = 3), caspofungin (n = 2), anidulafungin (n = 2) posaconazole (n = 1), Amfotericin B (n = 1).