A Case Report of Methicillin-Resistant Staph. aureus Coinfection in COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit
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چکیده
Bacterial co-infections in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia are not very common as the prevalence of other viruses. The rate bacterial co-infection hospitalized infected influenza is higher than 30%, whereas it lower 4% SARS-CoV-2. Respiratory viral infections associated have mortality and morbidity rates. literature shows that most SARS-CoV-2 admitted to hospital do necessarily screen for antimicrobial susceptibility. Therefore, clinicians' misdiagnosis these can pose a significant risk lives vulnerable COVID-19. In light, we presented complicated case methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Turkish journal of internal medicine
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2687-4245']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46310/tjim.1192956