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ArticleInfectious disease reports2022

Bacterial and Fungal Co-Infections and Superinfections in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients: Real-Life Data from an Italian Third Level Hospital.

Manuela Ceccarelli, Andrea Marino, Sarah Pulvirenti, Viviana Coco, Barbara Busà, Giuseppe Nunnari, Bruno Santi Cacopardo

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Manuela CeccarelliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Catania, I-95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5987-3576
Andrea MarinoUnit of Infectious Diseases, ARNAS "Garibaldi", "Nesima" Hospital, I-95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5650-6911
Sarah PulvirentiUnit of Infectious Diseases, ARNAS "Garibaldi", "Nesima" Hospital, I-95122 Catania, Italy.
Viviana CocoUnit of Hospital Pharmacy, ARNAS "Garibaldi", "Garibaldi" Hospital, I-95124 Catania, Italy.
Barbara BusàUnit of Hospital Pharmacy, ARNAS "Garibaldi", "Garibaldi" Hospital, I-95124 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe NunnariDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Messina, I-98124 Messina, Italy.
Bruno Santi CacopardoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, University of Catania, I-95122 Catania, Italy.
University of Messina · ITOspedale Garibaldi · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of immune suppressive drugs combined with the natural immune suppression caused by SARS-CoV-2 can lead to a surge of secondary bacterial and fungal infections. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of superinfections in hospitalized subjects with COVID-19. We carried out an observational retrospective single center cohort study. We enrolled patients admitted at the "Garibaldi" hospital for ≥72 h, with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. All patients were routinely investigated for bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens. A total of 589 adults with COVID-19 were included. A total of 88 infections were documented in different sites among 74 patients (12.6%). As for the etiology, 84 isolates were bacterial (95.5%), while only 4 were fungal (4.5%). A total of 51 episodes of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) were found in 43 patients, with a bacterial etiology in 47 cases (92.2%). Community-acquired infections (CAIs) are more frequently caused by

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bacterialcoinfectionscommunity-acquired infection (CAI)COVID-19fungalhospital-acquired infection (HAI)superinfections

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PMID35645220
PMCPMC9149992
OpenAlexW4280544882

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