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Table 1 Description of ICU-acquired infections identified in patients

From: Co-infection and ICU-acquired infection in COVID-19 ICU patients: a secondary analysis of the UNITE-COVID data set

Site/class of infection

N (% of all infections)

Rate per 1000 ICU days*

Bacterial pulmonary infection

2091 (44%)

22.2/1000 ICU days

Fungal pulmonary infection

447 (9%)

4.7/1000 ICU days

Bacteraemia (not catheter related)

708 (15%)

7.5/1000 ICU days

Catheter/line-associated blood stream infection

563 (12%)

6/1000 ICU days

Urinary tract infection

572 (12%)

6.1/1000 ICU days

Abdominal infection

88 (2%)

0.9/1000 ICU days

Central nervous system infection

20 (0.4%)

0.2/1000 ICU days

Other ICU-acquired infection

248 (5%)

2.6/1000 ICU days

  1. *Rate per 1000 ICU days only includes patients with value for length of stay—459 (9%) patients were not included in the rate calculation