Case Western Reserve University researchers analyzed mortality in patients with Pseudomonas Blood Stream Infection(PA-BSI) and COVID-19 co-infections.

A comparison of the pre-COVID-19 period with the COVID-19 period was done according to a report published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology(ASHE).

A total of 6714 PA-BSI patients were identified and enrolled in the trial.

Mortality was considerably greater in COVID-19-positive individuals with pseudomonas infection. On applying the modified Poisson analysis, COVID-19 co-infection was related to a 44% higher death rate.

The study concluded that two reasons are responsible for the higher mortality among patients infected with PA-BSI and COVID-19 which include Pandemic-related staffing shortages and lack of infectious disease expertise.