In:
Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Vol. 4, No. 2 ( 2020-10-25), p. 47-52
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to highlight the emergence of COVID-19 bacteria pneumonia co-infections in patients infected with SARS-Cov-2 and risk factors related to its incidence and outcomes. We reported two cases of elderly patients with multiple comorbidities infected with SARS-Cov-2 and developed COVID-19 bacterial pneumonia requiring admission to intensive care unit (ICU) with one mortality preceded by septicemic shock and multi-organ failures. Observing the potential risk factors for being infected with SARS-Cov-2 and developing COVID-19 bacterial pneumonia we strongly advocate for rapid detection of COVID-19 bacterial pneumonia in SARS-Cov-2 infected patients and rapidly characterized the bacterial involved for a better outcome and importantly for efficient antimicrobial stewardship. COVID-19 bacterial pneumonia is an emerging disease requiring rapid detection and bacterial characterization with the ongoing management for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 Keywords: COVID-19, bacterial pneumonia, acute respiratory syndrome
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2600-8173
DOI:
10.37231/ajmb.2020.4.2.366
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
Publication Date:
2020
