Table 2.
Characteristics of potential respiratory pathogens (n = 84) in 774 patients hospitalized with COVID-19
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Organism | |
| S. aureus | 29 (34.5) |
| P. aeruginosa | 16 (19.1) |
| Klebsiella species | 14 (16.7) |
| Streptococcus species | 4 (4.8) |
| E. cloacae | 3 (3.6) |
| H. influenzae | 2 (2.4) |
| B. cepacia | 2 (2.4) |
| A. baumannii | 1 (1.2) |
| A. fumigatus | 1 (1.2) |
| Other* | 12 (14.3) |
| Multidrug resistance | |
| None | 60 (71.4) |
| Methicillin resistance | |
| S. aureus | 14 (16.7) |
| S. lugdunensis | 1 (1.2) |
| Extended-spectrum β-lactamase | |
| Klebsiella species | 3 (3.6) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 1 (1.2) |
| Carbapenem resistance | |
| P. aeruginosa | 3 (3.6) |
| K. aerogenes | 1 (1.2) |
Definition of abbreviations: A. baumannii = Acinetobacter baumannii; A. fumigatus = Aspergillus fumigatus; B. cepacia = Burkholderia cepacia; C. indologenes = Chryseobacterium indologenes; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease; E. cloacae = Enterobacter cloacae; H. alvei = Hafnia alvei; H. influenzae = Haemophilus influenzae; K. aerogenes = Klebsiella aerogenes; P. aeruginosa = Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S. aureus = Staphylococcus aureus; S. lugdunensis = Staphylococcus lugdunensis; S. marcescens = Serratia marcescens.
*
Corynebacterium spp. (n = 7), S. lugdunensis (n = 2), C. indologenes (n = 1), H. alvei (n = 1), S. marcescens (n = 1).