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. 2022 Feb 2;64:e6. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202264006

Table 3. Secondary infections in 191 patients with COVID-19 in an ICU in Brazil, stratified by etiologic agents and sites of infection.

Acinetobacter baumannii n = 28
Isolated biological material  
Tracheal aspirate 20 (71.2%)
Blood and tracheal aspirate 3 (10.8)
Blood 2 (7.2%)
BAL 1 (3.6%)
Urine 1 (3.6%)
Bone fragment 1 (3.6%)
Type of infection  
VAP 14 (50.0%)
Tracheobronchitis 9 (32.1%)
CLABSI 2 (7.1%)
Nosocomial pneumonia 1 (3.6%)
Osteomyelitis 1 (3.6%)
CAUTI 1 (3.6%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa n = 22
Isolated biological material  
Tracheal aspirate 17 (77.4%)
Blood and tracheal aspirate 2 (9.1%)
Blood 1 (4.5%)
BAL 1 (4.5%)
Bone fragment 1 (4.5%)
Type of infection  
VAP 11 (50.0%)
Tracheobronchitis 8 (36.5%)
CLABSI 1 (4.5%)
Nosocomial pneumonia 1 (4.5%)
Osteomyelitis 1 (4.5%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae n = 14
Isolated biological material  
Tracheal aspirate 6 (42.8%)
Blood 8 (57.2%)
Type of infection  
VAP 7 (50.0%)
CLABSI 4 (28.6%)
Nosocomial pneumonia 3 (21.4%)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia n = 6
Isolated biological material  
Tracheal aspirate 5 (83.3%)
Blood and tracheal aspirate 1 (16.7%)
Type of infection  
VAP 5 (83.3%)
Tracheobronchitis 1 (16.7%)
Staphylococcus aureus n = 8
Isolated biological material  
Blood 2 (25.0%)
Tracheal aspirate 4 (50.0%)
Blood and tracheal aspirate 2 (25.0%)
Type of infection  
VAP 5 (62.5%)
Tracheobronchitis 1 (12.5%)
CLABSI 1 (12.5%)
Endocarditis 1 (12.5%)
Enterococcus faecalis n = 6
Isolated biological material  
Blood 4 (66.6%)
Tracheal aspirate 1 (16.7%)
Urine 1 (16.7%)
Type of infection  
CLABSI 3 (50.0%)
CAUTI 2 (33.3%)
VAP 1 (16.7%)
Others n =13

BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage; CAUTI = catheter-associated urinary tract infection; CLABSI = central line-associated bloodstream infections; VAP = ventilator-associated pneumonia.