ABSTRACT
In cases with evidence of bronchopneumonia PCR with broad range 16S ribosomal DNA primers was performed followed by sequencing. Secondary infections have been well studied in other viral pneumonias such as influenza, but post-mortem prevalence in fatal COVID-19 cases has not been established. B Introduction: b Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, has caused a global pandemic. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)