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. 2021 Apr 26;72(8):1450-1452.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa902.

Community-acquired Coinfection in Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Observational Experience

Christopher J Lehmann  1 , Mai T Pho  1 , David Pitrak  1 , Jessica P Ridgway  1 , Natasha N Pettit  2
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Community-acquired Coinfection in Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Observational Experience

Christopher J Lehmann et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Community-acquired coinfection in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not well defined. Current literature describes coinfection in 0-40% of COVID-19 patients. In this retrospective report, coinfection was identified in 3.7% of patients and 41% of patients admitted to intensive care (P < .005). Despite infrequent coinfection, antibiotics were used in 69% of patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antibiotics; coinfection; superinfection.

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