Bacterial and fungal coinfection in individuals with coronavirus: a rapid review to support COVID-19 antimicrobial prescribing

TM Rawson, LSP Moore, N Zhu… - Clinical infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background To explore and describe the current literature surrounding bacterial/fungal
coinfection in patients with coronavirus infection. Methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of …

Empiric antibacterial therapy and community-onset bacterial coinfection in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a multi-hospital cohort …

VM Vaughn, TN Gandhi, LA Petty… - Clinical infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Antibacterials may be initiated out of concern for bacterial coinfection in
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We determined prevalence and predictors of empiric …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial and fungal coinfection among hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in a UK secondary-care setting

S Hughes, O Troise, H Donaldson, N Mughal… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the incidence of bacterial and fungal coinfection of hospitalized
patients with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in …

[HTML][HTML] Coinfections with bacteria, fungi, and respiratory viruses in patients with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Alhumaid, A Al Mutair, Z Al Alawi, AM Alshawi… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Coinfection with bacteria, fungi, and respiratory viruses in SARS-CoV-2 is of
particular importance due to the possibility of increased morbidity and mortality. In this meta …

Worldwide prevalence of microbial agents' coinfection among COVID‐19 patients: A comprehensive updated systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Pakzad, P Malekifar, Z Shateri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background To provide information about pathogens' coinfection prevalence with SARS‐
CoV‐2 could be a real help to save patients' lives. This study aims to evaluate the …

Co-infections in people with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Lansbury, B Lim, V Baskaran, WS Lim - Journal of infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives In previous influenza pandemics, bacterial co-infections have been a major
cause of mortality. We aimed to evaluate the burden of co-infections in patients with COVID …

Bacterial co-infections and antibiotic prescribing practice in adults with COVID-19: experience from a single hospital cluster

LS Cheng, SK Chau, EY Tso… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has affected millions of individuals since December …

[HTML][HTML] National surveillance of bacterial and fungal coinfection and secondary infection in COVID-19 patients in England: lessons from the first wave

SM Gerver, R Guy, K Wilson, S Thelwall… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The impact of bacterial/fungal infections on the morbidity and mortality of persons
with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. We have investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the role of bacterial and fungal infection in COVID-19

TM Rawson, RC Wilson… - Clinical …, 2021 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has placed an unprecedented strain on …

Characterization of bacterial and fungal infections in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 and factors associated with health care-associated infections

CJ Kubin, TH McConville, D Dietz… - Open forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at
increased risk of health care–associated infections (HAIs), especially with prolonged …