Carbapenem-resistant (CRAB) poses significant challenges in healthcare due to its multidrug resistance and high mortality rates among critically ill patients. We enrolled 45 patients. Cefiderocol was administered to 40% of patients, often (38.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe evaluated the role of CRP and other laboratory parameters in predicting the worsening of clinical conditions during hospitalization, ICU admission, and fatal outcome among patients with COVID-19. Consecutive adult inpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and respiratory symptoms treated in three different COVID centres were enrolled, and they were tested for laboratory parameters within 48 h from admission. Three-hundred ninety patients were enrolled.
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Objective: to describe a single-center experience of pneumonia (PJP) in non-HIV patients recovering from COVID-19.
Methods: We report the cases of five non-HIV patients with COVID-19 who also developed PJP at a University Hospital.
Results: With the exception of one subject, who experienced an atypical and prolonged course of COVID-19, all the patients developed PJP after the clinical resolution of COVID-19 pneumonia.
Background: Several cases of invasive fungal diseases in patients with COVID-19 have been reported, mostly due to spp., with anecdotic reports of pneumonia (PJP) as co-infections in immunocompromised patients. We describe the first case of PJP in an immunocompetent patient who recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia.
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