BACTERIAL CO-INFECTIONS IN COVID-19 PNEUMONIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: SURFING THE FIRST WAVE

Ruiz-Bastián, Mario; Falces-Romero, Iker; Ramos-Ramos, Juan Carlos; de Pablos, Manuela; García-Rodríguez, Julio

The aim of this study is to review bacterial isolates from respiratory samples of patients with severe COVID-19 disease during the first two months of the first wave of in our hospital. A single-centre retrospective observational study in critically ill adult patients was performed. A total of 1251 respiratory samples from 1195 patients were processed. Samples from 66 patients (5.52%) were determined to be microbiologically significant by a semi-quantitative culture. All patients received broad spectrum antibiotherapy as an empirical treatment. The isolated bacteria were mainly Enterobacterales followed by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bacterial co-infections in ICU stay could seem not dependant on the virus that has produced the viral pneumonia similarly as with other respiratory viruses such as Influenza virus.