Bacterial coinfection among coronavirus disease 2019 patient groups: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 raised the attention towards bacterial coinfection and its role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease. This study aims to systematically review and identify the pooled prevalence of bacterial coinfection in the related articles. A comprehensive search was conducted in international databases, including MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase, to identify the articles on the prevalence of bacterial coinfections in COIVD-19 patients from 1 December 2019 until 30 December 2020. All observational epidemiological studies that evaluated the prevalence of bacterial coinfections in patients with COVID-19 were included without any restriction. Forty-two studies including a total sample size of 54,695 were included in the a

SUBMITTER: Soltani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8245302 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature