Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 14, 2020

Nosocomial infection among patients with coronavirus disease-2019: a retrospective data analysis of 918 cases from a single center in Wuhan city, China

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  • This 1:4 paired case-control study of COVID-19 patients with nosocomial infections (NI) (n=65) and patients without NI (n=260) explored influencing factors of infection. The authors determined that NI are common among patients with COVID-19, and that special attention should be paid to diabetic patients and patients with invasive devices.

He et al. (April 13, 2020). Nosocomial infection among patients with coronavirus disease-2019: a retrospective data analysis of 918 cases from a single center in Wuhan city, China. Inf Control Hosp Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.126