Table 2.
Most Frequent Organisms Isolated in Association With COVID-19 Coinfections and Secondary Infections
| Organism | Coinfection (n=3,379), No. (%) a |
Secondary Infection (n=1,565), No. (%) a |
|---|---|---|
| Most commonly identified blood isolates | ||
| Candida spp | 5 (0.1) | 85 (5.4) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 20 (0.6) | 33 (2.1) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 8 (0.2) | 25 (1.6) |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 9 (0.3) | 23 (1.5) |
| Escherichia coli | 14 (0.4) | 12 (0.8) |
| Enterococcus faecium | 4 (0.1) | 14 (0.9) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 (0.1) | 12 (0.8) |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 7 (0.2) | 5 (0.3) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 (0.1) | 10 (0.6) |
| Serratia marcescens | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.3) |
| Bacillus | 4 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Streptococcus gallolyticus pasteurianus | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Coinfection (n=443) |
Secondary Infection (n=816) |
|
| Most commonly identified sputum isolates | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 31 (7.0) | 135 (16.5) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 14 (3.2) | 59 (7.2) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 (0.7) | 51 (6.2) |
| Escherichia coli | 4 (0.9) | 28 (3.4) |
| Klebsiella aerogenes | 1 (0.2) | 30 (3.7) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 20 (4.5) | 7 (0.9) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 3 (0.7) | 24 (2.9) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 2 (0.5) | 15 (1.8) |
| Aspergillus spp | 5 (1.1) | 12 (1.5) |
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii | 1 (0.2) | 16 (2.0) |
| Serratia marcescens | 0 (0.0) | 16 (2.0) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 7 (1.6) | 4 (0.5) |
| Legionella | 4 (0.9) | 1 (0.1) |
| Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |
a
Number of individuals with organism detected at each site. Percentage of patients infected with each organism over the population of all individuals tested for infection at a given site (with number of individuals tested at top of each column).