Bacteremia due to Serratia rubidaea in intensive care unit: a case series.

Introduction: Bacteremia caused by Serratia rubidaea is seldom mentioned in comparison with other Enterobacteriaceae species. It primarily affects immunocompromised patients undergoing invasive procedures. Furthermore, the incidence, clinical features, and microbiological profile of this pathogen in the intensive care unit are rarely described.

Shunt in critically ill Covid-19 ARDS patients: Prevalence and impact on outcome (cross-sectional study).

Purpose: To examine critical Covid-19-acute respiratory distress syndrome (C-ARDS) patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV), using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) coupled with bubble test (BT), in order to search a right/left shunt.

Methods: A Cross-sectional and comparative study comparing several parameters according to the presence or not of shunt.

Results: 75 patients were included.