Characteristics of co-infection and secondary infection amongst critically ill COVID-19 patients in the first two waves of the pandemic

Thomas De Corte^{1

2}, Katharina Kohler³, Maurizio Cecconi⁴, Jan J De Waele^{1

2}, Andrew Conway Morris^{5

6

7}; UNITE-COVID investigators

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Thomas De Corte et al. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;50(6):989-993.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07444-1. Epub 2024 May 6.

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