Coinfections among hospitalized patients with covid-19 in the first pandemic wave.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 101(3): 115416, 2021 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1356194
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
COVID19 is the novel respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. The presence of other potentially pathogenic microorganisms could worsen the prognosis of these patients.AIM:
The study aims to describe coinfections in COVID-19 patients and contrast it between standard ward and critical care patients at Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla (HCDGU).METHODS:
A retrospective study was carried out of patients with COVID-19 confirmed with RTPCR admitted to the HCDGU from March 5, 2020 to May 7 of 2020.FINDINGS:
Of a total of 703 patients with COVID-19, 75(10.7%) had other microbiologically confirmed infections 9% (58/648) in standard ward patients and 31.5%(17/54) in critical care patients. In total 86 samples of the 75 patients presented some microorganism; clinically relevant bacteraemias, 50%, respiratory cultures, 32.6% and pneumococcal positive antigens, 17.4%.CONCLUSIONS:
We found a low frequency of microorganism coinfection in COVID-19 patients, however in critical care these coinfections increased considerably.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bacterial Infections
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Coinfection
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Inpatients
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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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