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Bacterial and fungal colonization of the respiratory tract in COVID-19 patients should not be neglected
- Source :
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- Highlights • We conducted a retrospective study on 61 patients admitted to the ICU • We investigated the relationship among SARS-CoV-2 and bacterial/fungal colonization • Among positive bronchial aspirates, 80 % were colonized by fungi or P. aeruginosa • No multidrug-resistant bacteria or fungi were isolated • The failure in the regulation of defenses against pathogens other than SARS-CoV-2
- Subjects :
- Colonization
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.drug_class
Epidemiology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Pneumonia, Viral
Respiratory System
Antibiotics
medicine.disease_cause
Article
Microbiology
Betacoronavirus
medicine
Fungal colonization
Humans
Pseudomonas Infections
Pandemics
Respiratory Tract Infections
COVID19, antibiotics
Candida
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Coinfection
SARS-CoV-2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
business.industry
Health Policy
fungi
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
respiratory system
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
body regions
Pneumonia
Immune system
medicine.anatomical_structure
Infectious Diseases
Coronavirus Infections
business
Respiratory tract
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01966553
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f2a67d591265fdb97e7a02b48591b459
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.185