Secondary Bacterial Infections in Critical Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 | Zendy

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Secondary Bacterial Infections in Critical Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019

Author(s) -

Yiqi Fu,

Qing Yang,

Min Xu,

Haishen Kong,

Hongchao Chen,

Yajie Fu,

Yake Yao,

Hua Zhou,

Jianying Zhou

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa220

Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , coronavirus , disease , intensive care , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Secondary bacterial infections occurred in 13.9% (5 of 36) of critical ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019. All 5 patients had been admitted to intensive care unit and received mechanical ventilation before developing bacterial infection. Active surveillance of culture should be performed for critically ill patients. Prevention of nosocomial infection should to be taken seriously.

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