Bacterial and fungal growth in sputum cultures from 165 COVID-19 pneumonia patients requiring intubation: evidence for antimicrobial resistance development and analysis of risk factors

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 illness which can progress to severe pneumonia. Empiric antibacterials are often employed though frequency of bacterial coinfection superinfection is debated and concerns...

Source: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials - September 25, 2021 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hans H. Liu, David Yaron, Amanda Stahl Piraino and Luciano Kapelusznik Tags: Research Source Type: research