Assessing and Reassessing the Association of Comorbidities and Coinfections in COVID-19 Patients.
Cureus
; 15(3): e36683, 2023 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2297723
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed an enormous global health and economic burden. To date, 324 million confirmed cases and over 5.5 million deaths have been reported. Several studies have reported comorbidities and coinfections associated with complicated and serious COVID-19 infections. Data from retrospective, prospective, case series, and case reports from various geographical locations were assessed, which included ~ 2300 COVID-19 patients with varying comorbidities and coinfection. We report that Enterobacterales with Staphylococcus aureus was the most while Mycoplasma pneumoniae was the least prevalent coinfection in COVID-19 patients with a comorbidity. In this order, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary disease were the prevalent comorbidities observed in COVID-19 patients. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalent comorbidities observed in patients coinfected with Staphylococcus aureus and COVID-19 and a statistically non-significant difference in the prevalent comorbidities in patients coinfected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae and COVID-19 as compared to similar infections in non-COVID-19 coinfection. We report a significant difference in the prevalent comorbidities recorded in COVID-19 patients with varying coinfections and varying geographic study regions. Our study provides informative data on the prevalence of comorbidities and coinfections in COVID-19 patients to aid in evidence-based patient management and care.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Cureus
Year:
2023
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Article
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