Community-acquired bacterial coinfections and COVID-19

MJ Patton, A Gaggar, M Might… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the 29
causative pathogen of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has resulted in over 650 30 …

Antibiotics use in COVID-19 patients: a systematic literature review

G Granata, F Schiavone, G Pipitone, F Taglietti… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The issue of bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients has received increasing attention
among scientists. Antibiotics were widely prescribed during the early phase of the pandemic …

COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation

MJ Patton, CJ Orihuela, KS Harrod, MAN Bhuiyan… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background Recent single-center reports have suggested that community-acquired
bacteremic co-infection in the context of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be an …

Respiratory viruses: their importance and lessons learned from COVID-19

C Cilloniz, CM Luna, JC Hurtado… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Respiratory virus infection can cause severe illnesses capable of inducing acute respiratory
failure that can progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is …

Bacterial coinfection and antibiotic resistance in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RC Yusof, MN Norhayati, YM Azman - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background There were a few studies on bacterial coinfection in hospitalized COVID-19
patients worldwide. This systematic review aimed to provide the pooled prevalence of …

Secondary pulmonary infection and co-infection in elderly COVID-19 patients during the pandemics in a tertiary general hospital in Bei**g, China

C Zhou, Y Jiang, L Sun, H Li, X Liu… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Most people are infected with COVID-19 during pandemics at the end of 2022.
Older patients were more vulnerable. However, the incidence of secondary bacterial, fungal …

Coinfection and superinfection in ICU critically ill patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and influenza pneumonia: are the pictures different?

Z Chen, Q Zhan, L Huang, C Wang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Similar to influenza, coinfections and superinfections are common and might
result in poor prognosis. Our study aimed to compare the characteristics and risks of …

Characterization of respiratory bacterial co-infection and assessment of empirical antibiotic treatment in patients with COVID-19 at hospital admission

A Antuori, M Giménez, G Linares, PJ Cardona - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate characterization of respiratory bacterial co-infection is critical for guiding empirical
antibiotic treatment for hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We …

Frequency of respiratory virus-associated infection among children and adolescents from a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City

B Nieto-Rivera, Z Saldaña-Ahuactzi, I Parra-Ortega… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among
children. The causative pathogens show geographic and seasonal variations. We …

Secondary Infection Surveillance with Metagenomic Next-Generation sequencing in COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

R Chen, M **e, S Wang, F Yu, D Zhang… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a promising tool for
improving antimicrobial therapy and infection control decision-making in complex infections …