Increased surge of secondary bacterial infections leading to sepsis among COVID 19 patients in a tertiary care centre in South India

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Author Details : Sarumathi Dhandapani, Monika Sivaradjy, Ketan Priyadarshi*, Apurba Sastry

Volume : 11, Issue : 3, Year : 2024

Article Page : 215-221

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmr.2024.039

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Abstract

Background: Secondary bloodstream infections (BSIs) remain one of the frequent and life-threatening complications among COVID 19 infected patients. The present study has been undertaken to determine the prevalence of secondary BSIs in patients with COVID-19
Materials and Methods: This is an observational case control study, conducted between May2020 and April 2021 in a tertiary care centre in South India. The study population were further divided into three groups—one case group (COVID group), and two control (non-COVID group 2020-21 and 2019-20). Blood cultures sent from a suspected care of secondary blood stream infection were processed and outcomes like blood culture positivity rate, clinically relevant growth, contaminant rate and multidrug resistant organism rate were compared between the COVID group and non-COVID control groups.
Result: Among the COVID group 307 (17%) of the episodes were found to show clinically relevant growth compared with 3570 (15.4%) in control group 2020-21 (p<0> Conclusion: In COVID-19 patients, the prevalence of secondary bacterial sepsis due to multidrug resistant organisms are higher when compared to non-COVID patients. Non-adherence to strict infection control practices are the possible causes for the higher infection rate among the COVID group of patients.
 

Keywords: Secondary blood stream infections, Gram negative sepsis, COVID-19.

How to cite : Dhandapani S, Sivaradjy M, Priyadarshi K, Sastry A, Increased surge of secondary bacterial infections leading to sepsis among COVID 19 patients in a tertiary care centre in South India. Indian J Microbiol Res 2024;11(3):215-221

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