Highlights•Viruses predispose to secondary bacterial infection throughout the respiratory
tract.•Viral damage to airway epithelium and aberrant inflammatory responses play key …

Secondary bacterial infections are commonly associated with prior or concomitant
respiratory viral infections. Viral infections damage respiratory airways and simultaneously …

Methods We reviewed all virology results for patients admitted to Rennes University Hospital
(Rennes, France) for COVID-19 ARDS between March 3, 2020, and April 15, 2020. SARS …

Purpose Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in immunocompetent critically ill patients is
common and relates to a worsening outcome. In this large observational study, we …

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been concern about the concomitant
rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While bacterial co-infections seem rare in COVID-19 …

Importance The role of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in mediating adverse clinical
outcomes in nonimmunosuppressed adults with critical illness is unknown. Objective To …

Bacterial and viral coinfection is increasingly recognized as an underlying etiology for
community-and hospital-acquired infections. Coinfections may be a risk factor for ICU …

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous Herpesviridae virus with a wide spectrum of
pathology in humans. Host immunity is a major determinant of the clinical manifestation of …

We read with great interest the systematic review by Alene et al. 1 and the comment on it by
Cao et al., 2 who pooled data of the incidence rate of depression in patients with …

Background Knowledge of causes of sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa is limited. A better
understanding of the microbiology of bloodstream infections could improve outcomes …