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Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study

Introduction: SARS -CoV-2 was first reported in Wuhan and declared a pandemic in March 2020. Co-infections during other pandemics have been associated with severe outcomes, but data are scarce regarding co-infections in COVID-19 patients. Our study evaluated co-infections prevalence and its impact o...

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Autores principales: Jalandra, Ramniwas, Babu, Avinash, Dutt, Naveen, Chauhan, Nishant Kumar, Bhatia, Pradeep, Nag, Vijaya L, Sharma, Praveen, Kumar, Deepak, Banerjee, Mithu, Joshi, Aditi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426311
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30608
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author Jalandra, Ramniwas
Babu, Avinash
Dutt, Naveen
Chauhan, Nishant Kumar
Bhatia, Pradeep
Nag, Vijaya L
Sharma, Praveen
Kumar, Deepak
Banerjee, Mithu
Joshi, Aditi
author_facet Jalandra, Ramniwas
Babu, Avinash
Dutt, Naveen
Chauhan, Nishant Kumar
Bhatia, Pradeep
Nag, Vijaya L
Sharma, Praveen
Kumar, Deepak
Banerjee, Mithu
Joshi, Aditi
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description Introduction: SARS -CoV-2 was first reported in Wuhan and declared a pandemic in March 2020. Co-infections during other pandemics have been associated with severe outcomes, but data are scarce regarding co-infections in COVID-19 patients. Our study evaluated co-infections prevalence and its impact on morbidity and mortality in hospitalized COVID -19 patients. Methods: This prospective observational study included 100 patients admitted to a high-dependency unit at a tertiary care hospital in India. Prevalence of co-infections and clinical outcome-related data were analyzed in COVID-19 patients satisfying the inclusion criteria. Results: 14% of patients had co-infections, out of which urinary tract infection was found in 9%. Patients with co-infections had a higher mortality rate (p<0.0004). Urinary co-infection emerged as an independent risk factor for mortality (p <0.001). Conclusion: Co-infections associated with COVID-19 infections are an essential risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Early identification and timely treatment of co-infections may help in improving clinical outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-96809792022-11-23 Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study Jalandra, Ramniwas Babu, Avinash Dutt, Naveen Chauhan, Nishant Kumar Bhatia, Pradeep Nag, Vijaya L Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Deepak Banerjee, Mithu Joshi, Aditi Cureus Internal Medicine Introduction: SARS -CoV-2 was first reported in Wuhan and declared a pandemic in March 2020. Co-infections during other pandemics have been associated with severe outcomes, but data are scarce regarding co-infections in COVID-19 patients. Our study evaluated co-infections prevalence and its impact on morbidity and mortality in hospitalized COVID -19 patients. Methods: This prospective observational study included 100 patients admitted to a high-dependency unit at a tertiary care hospital in India. Prevalence of co-infections and clinical outcome-related data were analyzed in COVID-19 patients satisfying the inclusion criteria. Results: 14% of patients had co-infections, out of which urinary tract infection was found in 9%. Patients with co-infections had a higher mortality rate (p<0.0004). Urinary co-infection emerged as an independent risk factor for mortality (p <0.001). Conclusion: Co-infections associated with COVID-19 infections are an essential risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Early identification and timely treatment of co-infections may help in improving clinical outcomes. Cureus 2022-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9680979/ /pubmed/36426311 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30608 Text en Copyright © 2022, Jalandra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Jalandra, Ramniwas
Babu, Avinash
Dutt, Naveen
Chauhan, Nishant Kumar
Bhatia, Pradeep
Nag, Vijaya L
Sharma, Praveen
Kumar, Deepak
Banerjee, Mithu
Joshi, Aditi
Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title_full Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title_fullStr Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title_short Co-infections in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients- A Prospective Observational Study
title_sort co-infections in hospitalized covid-19 patients- a prospective observational study
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36426311
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30608
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