Clinical characteristics and outcome of influenza virus infection among adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study from Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that rapidly spreads worldwide and co-infection of COVID-19 and influenza may occur in some cases. We aimed to describe clinical features and outcomes of severe COVID-19 patients with co-infection of influenza virus.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study was performed and a total of 140 patients with severe COVID-19 were enrolled in designated wards of Sino-French New City Branch of Tongji Hospital between Feb 8th and March 15th in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. The demographic, clinical features, laboratory indices, treatment and outcomes of these patients were collected.

Results

Of 140 severe COVID-19 hospitalized patients, including 73 patients (52.14%) with median age 62 years were i

SUBMITTER: Tong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8040362 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature