Bacterial coinfection among coronavirus disease 2019 patient groups : an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

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The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 raised the attention towards bacterial coinfection and its role in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease. This study aims to systematically review and identify the pooled prevalence of bacterial coinfection in the related articles. A comprehensive search was conducted in international databases, including MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase, to identify the articles on the prevalence of bacterial coinfections in COIVD-19 patients from 1 December 2019 until 30 December 2020. All observational epidemiological studies that evaluated the prevalence of bacterial coinfections in patients with COVID-19 were included without any restriction. Forty-two studies including a total sample size of 54,695 were included in the analysis. The pooled estimate for the prevalence of bacterial coinfections was 20.97% (95% CI: 15.95-26.46), and the pooled prevalence of bacterial coinfections was 5.20% (95% CI: 2.39-8.91) for respiratory subtype and 4.79% (95% CI: 0.11-14.61) for the gastrointestinal subtype. The pooled prevalence for Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office and South-East Asia Regional Office was 100% (95% CI: 82.35-100.00) and 2.61% (95% CI: 1.74-3.62). This rate of coinfection poses a great danger towards patients, especially those in critical condition. Although there are multiple complications and adverse effects related to extensive use of antibiotics to treat patients with COVID-19, it seems there is no other option except applying them, and it needs to be done carefully.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

New microbes and new infections - 43(2021) vom: 04. Sept., Seite 100910

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soltani, S [VerfasserIn]
Faramarzi, S [VerfasserIn]
Zandi, M [VerfasserIn]
Shahbahrami, R [VerfasserIn]
Jafarpour, A [VerfasserIn]
Akhavan Rezayat, S [VerfasserIn]
Pakzad, I [VerfasserIn]
Abdi, F [VerfasserIn]
Malekifar, P [VerfasserIn]
Pakzad, R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coinfection
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Meta-analysis
Systematics review

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Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100910

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32773342X