Considering Gram-positive bacteria, an increase in the level of BSIs due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and in the trend of CDIs were observed, though they did not reach statistical significance (CL: 0.72, 95% CI −0.039 to 1.48, p = 0.062; CT: 1.43, 95% CI −0.002 to 2.863, p = 0.051; respectively).
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Despite the extreme variability between regions, these data suggest a decreasing trend of co-infections due to community pathogens in contrast with an excess of MDROs responsible for COVID-19 superinfections that are probably related to increased relative rates of hospital-onset pathogen clusters [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ].