Key clinical point: Patients with severe COVID-19 and secondary coinfections had higher mortality rates and longer hospital stays compared to patients without secondary infections.
Major finding: The overall mortality rate was approximately 50%, but 83.14% of the patients with fungal or bacterial isolation died. The risk of death was significantly higher in patients with bacterial and fungal coinfections (odds ratios 11.28 and 5.97, respectively).
Study details: The data come from an analysis of 212 severely ill patients with COVID-19; 89 of these had fungal or bacterial secondary coinfections.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais - FAPEMIG and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq and Brazilian Ministry of Health. The researchers had no financial conflicts to disclose.
Source: Silva DL et al. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Apr 11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.001.