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. 2021 Apr;82(4):e4-e7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.009. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Co-infection of chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma pneumoniae with SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more severe features

Maria Antonia De Francesco  1 , Claudio Poiesi  2 , Franco Gargiulo  2 , Carlo Bonfanti  2 , Patrizia Pollara  2 , Simona Fiorentini  2 , Francesca Caccuri  2 , Valentina Carta  2 , Lucia Mangeri  2 , Simone Pellizzeri  2 , Damiano Rizzoni  3 , Paolo Malerba  3 , Massimo Salvetti  4 , Maria Lorenza Muiesan  4 , Federico Alberici  5 , Francesco Scolari  5 , Andrea Pilotto  6 , Alessandro Padovani  6 , Michela Bezzi  7 , Raffaella Chiappini  7 , Chiara Ricci  8 , Maurizio Castellano  9 , Marialma Berlendis  10 , Giulia Savio  10 , Giovanni Montani  11 , Maurizio Ronconi  12 , Sergio Bove  13 , Emanuele Focà  14 , Lina Tomasoni  14 , Francesco Castelli  14 , Angelo Rossini  15 , Riccardo Inciardi  16 , Marco Metra  16 , Arnaldo Caruso  2
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Co-infection of chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma pneumoniae with SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more severe features

Maria Antonia De Francesco et al. J Infect. 2021 Apr.
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A) Univariate logistic regression showing the categorical variables associated with Chlamydia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody positivity in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, B) Factors showing significantly independent association with Chlamydia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody positivity in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Odds ratio, 95%CI and P values are obtained from logistic regression modeling.
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