Nosocomial infections among patients with COVID-19, SARS and MERS: a rapid review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has now spread to most countries and regions of the world. As patients potentially infected by SARS-CoV-2 need to visit hospitals, the incidence of nosocomial infection can be expected to be high. Therefore, a comprehensive and objective understanding of nosocomial infection is needed to guide the prevention and control of the epidemic.

Methods

We searched major international and Chinese databases: Medicine, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, CBM (China Biology Medicine disc), CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) and Wanfang database for case series or case reports on nosocomial infections of COVID-19, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndromes) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) from their ince

SUBMITTER: Zhou Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290630 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature