Secondary Bacterial Infections in Critical Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019

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...

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Autores principales: Fu, Yiqi, Yang, Qing, Xu, Min, Kong, Haishen, Chen, Hongchao, Fu, Yajie, Yao, Yake, Zhou, Hua, Zhou, Jianying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32613024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa220
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Sumario: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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