Bacterial pulmonary superinfections are associated with longer duration of ventilation in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Summary: The impact of secondary bacterial infections (superinfections) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not well understood. In this prospective, monocentric cohort study, we aim to investigate the impact of superinfections in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Pat...

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Main Authors: Philipp K. Buehler, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Daniel A. Hofmaenner, Pedro David Wendel Garcia, Claudio T. Acevedo, Alejandro Gómez-Mejia, Srikanth Mairpady Shambat, Federica Andreoni, Martina A. Maibach, Jan Bartussek, Matthias P. Hilty, Pascal M. Frey, Reto A. Schuepbach, Silvio D. Brugger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Cell Reports Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379121000458