Bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital: Surfing the first wave.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 101(3): 115477, 2021 Nov.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1293714
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to review bacterial isolates from respiratory samples of patients with severe COVID-19 disease during the first 2 months of the first wave in our hospital. A single-center retrospective observational study in critically ill adult patients was performed. A total of 1251 respiratory samples from 1195 patients were processed. Samples from 66 patients (5.52%) were determined to be microbiologically significant by a semi-quantitative culture. All patients received broad spectrum antibiotherapy as an empirical treatment. The isolated bacteria were mainly Enterobacterales followed by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bacterial co-infections in ICU stay could seem not dependent on the virus that has produced the viral pneumonia similarly as with other respiratory viruses such as Influenza virus.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Bacterial
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Coinfection
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Tertiary Care Centers
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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