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. 2023 Jan 30;160(11):495–498. doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2023.01.012

Table 1.

Incidence of S. aureus bacteremia episodes in COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–2021) versus the previous two years (2018–2019).

Year Period S. aureus bacteremia episodes Admissions Incidence per 1000 admissions
2018 Pre-pandemic 94 48,064 1.95
2019 Pre-pandemic 80 48,878 1.63
2020 COVID-19 37 4405 8.39
Non-COVID-19 79 39,791 1.98
2021 COVID-19 38 2673 14.21
Non-COVID-19 87 44,950 1.93