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COVID-19 patients at risk of fatal co-infection during ICU stays – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the UK have conducted a study showing that a high proportion of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…

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Researchers in the UK have conducted a study showing that a high proportion of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acquire a secondary bacterial co-infection during their hospital stay.
The retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to seven ICUs in England up to May 18th, 2020 found that the longer the ICU stay, the more significant the proportion of patients who developed nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections.
While bacterial co-infection…

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