The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood culture practices and bloodstream infections

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood culture practices and bloodstream infections

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has likely influenced the epidemiology of bacterial infections through wide-ranging changes to clinical practices and infection control and prevention interventions. We sought to determine how the detection and incidence of bloodstream infections (BSIs) have been influ...

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Main Authors: Matt Driedger, Nick Daneman, Kevin Brown, Wayne L. Gold, Sarah C.J. Jorgensen, Colleen Maxwell, Kevin L. Schwartz, Andrew M. Morris, Deva Thiruchelvam, Bradley Langford, Elizabeth Leung, Derek MacFadden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
bloodstream infections
pandemic
COVID-19
blood cultures
epidemiology
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02630-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02630-23

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