ABSTRACT
COVID-19 positive (194) and negative (212) pneumonia patients were selected to analyze bacterial pathogens coinfection. Results showed that 50% of COVID-19 patients were coinfected or carried bacterial pathogens. Bordetella pertussis infection rate was significantly higher in positive patients. Consequently, preventions should be taken to control bacterial pathogens coinfection in COVID-19 patients.
Subject(s)
Coinfection/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/pathology , Pneumonia, Viral/pathology , Pseudomonas Infections/epidemiology , Whooping Cough/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Betacoronavirus , Bordetella pertussis/isolation & purification , COVID-19 , Child , Child, Preschool , Coinfection/microbiology , Coinfection/pathology , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/pathology , SARS-CoV-2 , Young AdultABSTRACT
We describe a 2 weeks corrected gestational age infant admitted in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated to Bordetella pertussis and Coronavirus infection. He developed leukocytosis as soon as ARDS required intubation and aggressive mechanical ventilation: hence he underwent 3 early therapeutic leukapheresis treatments in order to avoid the worsening of related cardiopulmonary complications, according to recent literature on pertussis infection in infants. The infant was discharged from PICU healthy.