Impact of respiratory bacterial infections on mortality in Japanese patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although cases of respiratory bacterial infections associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have often been reported, their impact on the clinical course remains unclear. Herein, we evaluated and analyzed the complication rates of bacterial infections, causative organisms, patient backgrounds, and clinical outcome in Japanese patients with COVID-19.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study that included inpatients with COVID-19 from multiple centers participating in the Japan COVID-19 Taskforce (April 2020 to May 2021) and obtained demographic, epidemiological, and microbiological results and the clinical course and analyzed the cases of COVID-19 complicated by respiratory bacterial infections.

Results

Of the 1,863 patients with COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Nakagawara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131342 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature