Community-acquired and hospital-acquired respiratory tract infection and bloodstream infection in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

Community-acquired and hospital-acquired respiratory tract infection and bloodstream infection in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

Abstract Objectives SARS-CoV-2 may cause acute lung injury, and secondary infections are thus relevant complications in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. However, detailed information on community- and hospital-acquired infections among patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is scarce. Methods We identifi...

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Main Authors: Kirstine K. Søgaard, Veronika Baettig, Michael Osthoff, Stephan Marsch, Karoline Leuzinger, Michael Schweitzer, Julian Meier, Stefano Bassetti, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel, Nina Khanna, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Maja Weisser, Manuel Battegay, Hans H. Hirsch, Hans Pargger, Martin Siegemund, Adrian Egli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Bacterial secondary infections
Pneumonia
Sepsis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-021-00526-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-021-00526-y

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