Fungal and bacterial co-infections of the respiratory tract among patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The pandemic of COVID-19 has created a global public health crisis. ICU patients with COVID-19 are prone to infections of bacterial and/or fungal origins due to several risk factors. Consequently, the current study was conducted to evaluate the frequency, demographic characteristics, underlying conditions, and etiologic agents of fungal and bacterial co-infections of the respiratory tract among ICU patients with COVID-19 in Iran.

Materials and methods

From May to October 2020, sputa and endotracheal aspirates were collected from ICU patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who also were suspected of bacterial and/or fungal co-infections according to inclusion criteria. The etiologic agents of bacterial co-infections were identified using the Vitek 2 identification met

SUBMITTER: Rafat Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature