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Bacterial Coinfections And Antibiogram Profiles Among Icu Covid-19 Patients, Mohamed M. Elsharkawy, Ahmed M. Eid, Nancy M. Attia, Amr Fouda
Bacterial Coinfections And Antibiogram Profiles Among Icu Covid-19 Patients, Mohamed M. Elsharkawy, Ahmed M. Eid, Nancy M. Attia, Amr Fouda
Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science
The fact that patients with a viral respiratory infection are more likely to develop a bacterial infection and the recently reported prevalence of bacterial co-infection among COVID-19 patients in the ICU and its association with serious disease complications. However, the role of co-bacterial infection still needs a lot of study and research. This study was designed to investigate the frequency and etiology of bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU and exploring their antibiogram sensitivity. We conducted the blind mini-bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) sampling technique, VITEK 2 compact system for bacterial identification; K. pneumoniae was the most frequently …