Incidence of bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients in intensive care: An alarming "collateral effect"

• COVID-19 patients have an exaggerated risk of acquiring BSI during ICU stay. • The incidence of ICU-acquired BSI in COVID-19 patients is higher than that reported in European ICUs in the pre-COVID-19 period. • The commonest aetiological agents of BSI were intestinal commensals. • A high rate of acquisition of VRE colonisation was observed.