Vol. 39 No. 2 (2022): ABRIL
Short Communication

Bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care unit

Felipe Bravo
Universidad de Chile
Bio
Gonzalo Galván
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago.
José Miguel Arancibia
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago. Departamento Medicina Interna Occidente, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.

Published 2022-06-08

How to Cite

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Bravo F, Galván G, Arancibia JM. Bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 8 [cited 2026 Jan. 14];39(2). Available from: https://www.revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/1094

Abstract

In this brief communication, we retrospectively describe COVID-19 severe patient’s characteristics in ICU, and report 37,6% of secondary bacterial infections, mainly with nosocomial respiratory infections and rarely from community source.