Bacterial co-infection in patients with SARS-CoV-2 in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Table 3 Microbiological profile in the admitted patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 during the study period (472 isolates)

Type of the organism					Number	% of MDR
Gram Negative Isolates (164)	Klebsiella pneumoniae			Total	39	97.4
				ESBL	11
				CRE	27
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa			Total	38	26.3
				CRP	8
				MDR	2
	Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR)				36	100
	Escherichia coli			Total	28	68
				ESBL	11
				CRE	8
	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia				12	0
	Enterobacter cloacae			Total	2	100
				CRE	2
	Other				9	0
	Total G-ve isolates				164	59
	Total G-ve MDR strains				97
Gram positive isolates (164)	Coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS)	Staphylococcus hominis		Total	31	58
				MRCoNS	18
		Staphylococcus epidermidis		Total	25	78.6
				MRCoNS	22
		Staphylococcus heemolyticus		MRCoNS	18	100
		Staphylococcus capitis		Total	10	50
				MRCoNS	5
		Staphylococcus pettenkoferi		MRCoNS	1	100
		Total CoNS		Total	85	75.3
				MRCoNS	64
	Enterococcus faecium			Total	24	16.6
				VRE	3
				HLGR	1
	Enterococcus faecalis			Total	20	5.0
				HLGR	1
	Staphylococcus aureus			Total	15	53.3
				MRSA	8
	Others				20
	Total G + ve isolates				164	47
	Total G + ve MDR Strains				77
Fungal isolates(144)	Fungaemia		Candida galabrata		11
			Candida tropicalis		9
			Candida albicans		7
			Aspergillus fumigatus		3
			Candida parapsilosis		3
			Aspergillus niger		3
			Total		36
	Candida species				108
	Total fungal isolates				144
Total number of the microbial isolates					472	36.9
Total number of mdr bacterial strains					174

CRE: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL: Extended spectrum beta-lactamase; HLGR: High level aminoglycoside resistance; MDR: Multidrug-resistant; MRCoNS: Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci; Other gram-negative bacteria: Citrobacter freundii, Salmonella species, Pantoea species, Proteus mirabilis, Serratia marcescens, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Other gram-positive bacteria: Streptococcus agalactiae (Strep. Group B), Corynebacterium afermentans, Bacillus licheniformis, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Staphylococcus caprae, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus warneri, Streptococcus parasanguinis, Gemella sanguinis, Micrococcus luteus, Propionibacterium acnes, Rhodococcus erythropolis, Aerococcus viridans, Staphylococcus gallinarum.