Bacterial co-infections increase the severity of respiratory viral infections and are frequent
causes of mortality in COVID-19 infected subjects. During the COVID-19 period, especially …

Background Evidence about the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the incidence rates
of blood cultures contaminations and bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) …

Background: Rapid pathogen identification and appropriate antimicrobial therapy are crucial
in critically ill COVID-19 patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs). This study aimed to …

Aim The preferred antibiotic treatment for bacteraemia in infants continues to be debated.
We examined the duration of hospital stays as a surrogate for the effectiveness of initial …

Methods: The present study was conducted at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran (a great
referral hospital), which admits critically ill patients requiring ICU services. To determine the …

Blood cultures should be collected within an hour in the setting of sepsis/septic shock. The
contamination rate should be below 3%. Worldwide reports have described an increase in …

Blood culture collection is a crucial procedure used universally in hospital settings to identify
bloodstream infections. A false positive culture arises when contamination occurs during …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered a major global health problem and location-
specific policy are warranted with urgent priority. A recent systematic analysis has estimated …

Background. Blood cultures (BC) are the most accurate tests for establishing the causative
agents of specific infections. However, the effectiveness of the approach in establishing a …

Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are vulnerable to severe pain as a result of
tissue injury due to serious illnesses, inflammation, major surgeries, body positioning …