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. 2021 Aug 24;10(9):1031. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10091031

Table 2.

Treatment and clinical outcomes of 1351 patients hospitalised with COVID-19.

Patients without BSI
N = 1282 (94.9%)
Patients with
CA/HCA-BSI
N = 18 (1.3%)
Patients with
HA-BSI
N = 51 (3.8%)
p Value Overall
N = 1351
COVID-19 treatment, N (%)
lopinavir/r or darunavir/c 130 (10.1%) 0 (0.0%) 7 (13.7%) 0.253 137 (10.1%)
remdesivir 136 (10.6%) 2 (11.1%) 6 (11.8%) 0.964 144 (10.7%)
hydroxychloroquine +/− azithromycin 414 (32.3%) 5 (27.8%) 20 (39.2%) 0.534 439 (32.5%)
heparin prophylaxis 874 (68.2%) 10 (55.6%) 41 (80.4%) 0.091 925 (68.5%)
corticosteroids 584 (45.6%) 6 (33.3%) 33 (64.7%) 0.015 623 (46.1%)
immunomodulators 57 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (5.9%) 0.581 60 (4.4%)
Highest grade of O2 therapy, N (%) <0.001
IMV 83 (6.5%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (21.6%) 94 (7.0%)
NIMV 73 (5.7%) 1 (5.6%) 10 (19.6%) 84 (6.2%)
CPAP 360 (28.1%) 1 (5.6%) 14 (27.5%) 375 (27.8%)
O2 low/high flow 541 (42.2%) 12 (66.7%) 14 (27.5%) 567 (42.0%)
No O2 therapy 225 (17.6%) 4 (22.2%) 2 (3.9%) 231 (17.1%)
Length of hospital stay, Median days (IQR) 9 (5–17) 12.5 (7–29) 27 (21–35) <0.001 10 (5–18)
ICU admission, N (%) 90 (7.0%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (21.6%) <0.001 101 (7.5%)
Death, N (%) 319 (24.9%) 6 (33.3%) 16 (31.4%) 0.421 341 (25.2%)

CA/HCA-BSI = community-acquired/healthcare-associated bloodstream infection; HA-BSI = hospital-acquired bloodstream infection; IMV = Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; NIMV = Non-Invasive Mechanical ventilation; CPAP = Continuous positive airway pressure therapy; ICU = Intensive Care Unit.