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| Content Provider | Springer Nature : BioMed Central |
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| Author | M Abd El-Halim, Rania Hafez, Hala Albahet, Ibrahim Sherif, Basma |
| Abstract | Background Opportunistic respiratory infections may complicate critically ill patients with COVID-19. Early detection of co-infections helps to administrate the appropriate antimicrobial agent, to guard against patient deterioration. This study aimed at estimating co-infections in COVID-19-positive patients. Methods Eighty-nine COVID-19-positive patients confirmed by SARS-COV-2 PCR were tested for post-COVID-19 lower respiratory tract co-infections through bacterial culture, fungal culture and galactomannan (GM) testing. Results Fourteen patients showed positive coinfection with Klebsiella, nine with Acinetobacter, six with Pseudomonas and three with E. coli. As for fungal infections, nine showed coinfection with Aspergillus, two with Zygomycetes and four with Candida. Galactomannan was positive among one patient with Aspergillus coinfection, one with Zygomycetes coinfection and three with Candida, 13 samples with negative fungal culture were positive for GM. Ten samples showed positive fungal growth, however, GM test was negative. Conclusion In our study, SARS-COV-2 respiratory coinfections were mainly implicated by bacterial pathogens; most commonly Klebsiella species (spp.), Aspergillus spp. were the most common cause of fungal coinfections, GM test showed low positive predictive value for fungal infection. Respiratory coinfections may complicate SARS-COV-2 probably due to the prolonged intensive care units (ICU) hospitalization, extensive empiric antimicrobial therapy, steroid therapy, mechanical ventilation during the COVID-19 outbreak. Antimicrobial stewardship programs are required so that antibiotics are prescribed judiciously according to the culture results. |
| Related Links | https://eurjmedres.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40001-023-01305-1.pdf |
| Ending Page | 5 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40001-023-01305-1 |
| Journal | European Journal of Medical Research |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 28 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
| Publisher Date | 2023-09-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Medicine Public Health Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Surgery Oncology Biomedicine COVID-19 SARS-COV-2 PCR Fungal co-infections Galactomannan Multidrug resistance Secondary bacterial/fungal infections Critically ill patients Medicine/Public Health |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
| Journal Impact Factor | 2.8/2023 |
| 5-Year Journal Impact Factor | 2.9/2023 |
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