A new American study concludes that healthcare associated infections (HAI) increased in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infections related to the urinary tract, respiratory tract and blood stream all raised, for instance, central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) increased with 46-47%. The intention of the study was to...
Overuse of antibiotics and superbugs could be worsening the Covid-19 pandemic in India, according to an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study of 10 hospitals. The study showed that more than half of the Covid-19 patients who get a secondary bacterial or fungal infection die. Covid-19 mortality worldwide is 10 %, the subgroup of patients...
A recent Italian publication has studied hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in critically ill COVID-19 patients. 774 patients with COVID-19 treated at intensive care unit (ICU) at 8 hospitals in Italy were included. The publication1 shows that 46 % of the critically ill COVID-19 patients developed HAI, of which 38 % were caused by multi-drug...
Today, the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) starts, a WHO initiative that aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is often referred to as the silent tsunami and is more relevant than ever in light of the on-going Corona pandemic. One of the risk factors associated with COVID-19 is secondary bacterial...
While the number of global coronavirus infections has exceeded 28 million and the death toll is approaching 1 million, scientific data shows that COVID-19 does cause sepsis. Many patients affected by severe COVID-19 dies from sepsis and its complications. Sepsis accounts for at least 11 million deaths worldwide annually, but only a small part of...