Antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BJ Langford, M So, M Simeonova, V Leung, J Lo… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Frequent use of antibiotics in patients with COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate
antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to establish the prevalence and predictors of bacterial …

Phage therapy for secondary bacterial infections with COVID-19

N Wu, LK Chen, T Zhu - Current opinion in virology, 2022 - Elsevier
With more than 200 million people affected and 4.5 million deaths so far, the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become one of the greatest disasters in human …

Long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-hospital antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance: a time series analysis (2015–2021)

M Meschiari, L Onorato, E Bacca, G Orlando… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-pandemic-related overload of health systems
has compromised the application of antimicrobial stewardship (AS) models and infection …

The impact of COVID-19 on the profile of hospital-acquired infections in adult intensive care units

A Despotovic, B Milosevic, A Cirkovic, A Vujovic… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a global public health concern. As the COVID-19
pandemic continues, its contribution to mortality and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) grows …

COVID-19 associated bacterial infections in intensive care unit: a case control study

B Kaçmaz, Ş Keske, U Sişman, ST Ateş, M Güldan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We described the secondary bacterial infections (SBI) among COVID-19 patients in
comparison with non-COVID-19 patients. We performed a retrospective case–control study …

Microbiological characteristics of bacteremias among COVID-19 hospitalized patients in a tertiary referral hospital in Northern Greece during the second epidemic …

E Protonotariou, P Mantzana, G Meletis… - FEMS …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Northern Greece was struck by an intense second COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)
epidemic wave during the fall of 2020. Because of the coinciding silent epidemic of …

Phage-derived depolymerase: its possible role for secondary bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients

A Nazir, J Song, Y Chen, Y Liu - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
As of 29 July 2022, there had been a cumulative 572,239,451 confirmed cases of COVID-19
worldwide, including 6,390,401 fatalities. COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms are …

Co-infections in COVID-19 patients and correlation with mortality rate. Minireview

Á Fehér, Z Szarvas, A Lehoczki, M Fekete… - Physiology …, 2022 - akjournals.com
Purpose The goal of our review was to gather information on the most important community-
acquired and hospital-acquired co-infections among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Epidemiology and outcomes of culture-positive bloodstream pathogens prior to and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a multicenter evaluation

KA Bauer, LA Puzniak, KC Yu, L Finelli, P Moise… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are an important cause of morbidity and
mortality in hospitalized patients. We evaluate incidence of community-and hospital-onset …

Bloodstream infections in a COVID-19 Non-ICU department: Microbial epidemiology, resistance profiles and comparative analysis of risk factors and patients' outcome

E Giannitsioti, C Louka, V Mamali, E Kousouli… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by highly resistant pathogens in non-ICU
COVID-19 departments pose important challenges. Methods: We performed a comparative …