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. 2022 Nov 11;22:841. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07810-8

Table 3.

Community-onset and hospital-onset BSI pathogen comparison pre-pandemic and pandemic periods

Pathogen Pre-pandemic: July 2019-February 2020
(n = 1,789,449 admissions)
Pandemic period March 2020-September 4, 2021
(n = 3,450,243 admissions)
Community-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Hospital-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Community-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Hospital-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n)
Gram-negative
E coli 3.78 (6764) 0.23 410) 3.77 (13,001) 0.22 (766)
K pneumoniae 0.93 (1,662) 0.14 (250) 1.00 (3456)a 0.17 (597)b
P aeruginosa 0.39 (697) 0.08 (141) 0.37 (1275) 0.11 (384)b
P mirabilis 0.35 (622) 0.02 (39) 0.38 (1,294) 0.03 (89)
E cloacae 0.18 (318) 0.06 (102) 0.18 (610) 0.06 (207)
S marcescens 0.12 (208) 0.04 (64) 0.14 (477)a 0.06 (192)b
B fragilis 0.10 (171) 0.02 (35) 0.10 (339) 0.02 (65)
K oxytoca 0.09 (153) 0.02 (40) 0.11 (384)a 0.02 (65)
K (E) aerogenes 0.07 (126) 0.02 (41) 0.07 (236) 0.03 (88)
A baumannii spp 0.05 (91) 0.01 (22) 0.04 (141) 0.02 (56)
P stuartii 0.02 (33)  < 0.01 (3) 0.02 (86)  < 0.01 (14)
S maltophilia 0.02 (36) 0.01 (23) 0.02 (62) 0.01 (42)
M morganii 0.04 (70) 0.01 (10) 0.06 (191)a 0.01 (25)
C freundii 0.03 (49)  < 0.01 (8) 0.03 (103)  < 0.01 (16)
Gram-positive
S aureus 2.81 (5035) 0.45 (812) 3.05 (10,511)a 0.58 (2,016)b
Enterococcus spp 0.64 (1152) 0.16 (283) 0.74 (2559)a 0.25 (874)b
S pneumoniae 0.42 (751) 0.01 (12) 0.23 (807)a 0.01 (39)
Grp B Strep 0.42 (759) 0.01 (26) 0.45 (1543)a 0.02 (59)
Grp A Strep 0.25 (443) 0.01 (12) 0.19 (651)  < 0.01 (13)
Fungus/Yeast
Non-C albicans 0.11 (202) 0.10 (181) 0.10 (329) 0.15 (533)b
C albicans 0.07 (121) 0.08 (147) 0.05 (189) 0.13 (446)b
Other—Candida  < 0.01 (2)  < 0.01 (6)  < 0.01 (2)  < 0.01 (6)b
Pathogen Pre-pandemic: July 2019-
February 2020
(n = 1,789,449 admissions)
Pandemic period March 2020-
September 4, 2021
(n = 3,450,243 admissions)
Community-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Hospital-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Community-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n) Hospital-onset BSI rate/1000 Adm (n)
Polymicrobial 0.36 (648) 0.06 (104) 0.42 (1,458)a 0.08 (272)b

aP ≤ 0.0404 for community (CO) pandemic period vs. pre-pandemic period; bP ≤ 0.0093 for HO pandemic period vs pre-pandemic period