Community-acquired bacteraemia in COVID-19 in comparison to influenza A and influenza B: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Netherlands it was noticed that very few blood cultures from COVID-19 patients turned positive with clinically relevant bacteria. This was particularly evident in comparison to the number of positive blood cultures du...

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Main Authors: Julinha M. Thelen, A. G. ( Noud) Buenen, Marjan van Apeldoorn, Heiman F. Wertheim, Mirjam H. A. Hermans, Peter C. Wever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05902-5