Decreased quality of care for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/22:10445389

Result on the web

<a href="https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-022-07607-9" target="_blank" >https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-022-07607-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07607-9" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12879-022-07607-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Decreased quality of care for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Original language description

Objectives Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is one of the most frequent bloodstream infections. High mortality of SAB can be significantly reduced by regular infectious disease (ID) consultations and appropriate clinical management. Because the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a negative impact on hospital ID service, it can be assumed that it has also led to decreased quality of care for SAB patients. Methods This study enrolled all (n = 68) patients with proven SAB who were hospitalized in Military University Hospital, Prague, in 2019 and 2020 and the quality of care indicators for SAB patients were compared. Results A total of 33 and 35 patients with SAB were hospitalized in our hospital in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The significant difference between the pandemic year 2020 and year 2019 was in ID consultations performed (74% vs. 100%; p = 0.002) and fulfilment of all quality of care indicators (66% vs. 93%; p = 0.012). Next, higher in-hospital mortality was observed in 2020 than in 2019 (6% vs. 23%; p = 0.085). There was no significant difference in the percentages of patients with performed echocardiographic examinations (66% vs. 83%; p = 0.156) and collected follow-up blood cultures (85% vs. 94%; p = 0.428). In addition, there was no difference between the two years in the adequate antibiotic therapy, sources, and bacterial origin of SAB. Conclusions The quality of care of SAB patients significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic in our institution.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

ISSN

1471-2334

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

1-5

UT code for WoS article

000827739600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85134423743