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Candida Species Isolation from Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19-A Retrospective Study
Ist Teil von
Diagnostics (Basel), 2022-12, Vol.12 (12), p.3065
Ort / Verlag
Switzerland: MDPI AG
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Quelle
EZB Electronic Journals Library
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a disease characterized by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has so far led to hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths. Fungal infections are known to complicate COVID-19 patients and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of positive cultures for
spp. among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, describe their characteristics and identify factors associated with overall mortality in this patient population. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with
spp. isolation were retrospectively assessed and their clinical, laboratory and microbiological characteristics were assessed and evaluated. In total, 69 patients with COVID-19 had a positive culture for
spp., representing a rate of 4.5% among all hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Their median age was 78 years (IQR 67-85 years) and 44.9% were male. Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and
spp. isolation who died were older, were more likely to have a diagnosis of dementia, and had higher Charlson comorbidity index, higher
score and higher 4C score.
score was identified with a multivariate logistic regression analysis model to be independently associated with mortality. The most commonly identified
species was
, followed by
and
and the most common source was the urine, even though in most cases the positive culture was not associated with a true infection. Thus,
score may be used in COVID-19 patients with isolation of
spp. from different body specimens for mortality risk stratification.