Secondary Bacterial Infection Rates Among Patients With COVID-19
İlkay Bahçeci, İlknur Esen Yıldız, Omer F Duran, Umut Serkan Soztanaci, Zeynep Kirdi Harbawi, Feray Ferda Şenol, Gökhan Demiral
Abstract
, resistant to all antibiotics other than colistin. Conclusion Secondary bacterial infection rates in patients with COVID-19 are lower than influenza pandemic. However, the frequency of empirical antibiotics use seems relatively high.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAcinetobacter baumanniiInternal medicineStaphylococcus aureusAntibioticsRespiratory tract infectionsEpidemiologyBlood cultureColistinAntimicrobialLower respiratory tract infectionMicrobiological cultureRespiratory tractRespiratory systemMicrobiologyBacteriaPseudomonas aeruginosaBiologyGeneticsAntibiotic Use and ResistancePneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsNosocomial Infections in ICU