FUNGAL INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19

Bacterial Infections associated with COVID-19 and the effect of using many common antibiotics in the treatment these infections

Background and Objective: Undetected coinfections in COVID-19 patients may have serious clinical consequences, including increased hospitalization and mortality. The current study was conducted on 455 patients diagnosed with the new epidemic coronavirus disease who were admitted to quarantine halls in Diwaniyah in Iraq for one month, from February 2021 to March 2021. The aim of the study was to...

Effects of Crowd, smoking, bacterial and fungal infections on COVID-19

The intuition that population density increases the propensity of an epidemic to spread in cities is correct in the sense that increased density likely leads to an increase in the contact rate of an individual, which makes the reproduction number larger and leads to larger infectious disease outbreaks in dense areas. A wealth of research already suggests that smoking suppresses immune function ...

Fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections.

BACKGROUND Fungal infections are rare complications of injections for treatment of chronic pain. In September 2012, we initiated an investigation into fungal infections associated with injections of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate that was purchased from a single compounding pharmacy. METHODS Three lots of methylprednisolone acetate were recalled by the pharmacy; examination of u...

Incidence of Phlebitis Associated With Peripheral Venous Catheter of Patients With COVID-19

Fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone in Tennessee.

BACKGROUND We investigated an outbreak of fungal infections of the central nervous system that occurred among patients who received epidural or paraspinal glucocorticoid injections of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate prepared by a single compounding pharmacy. METHODS Case patients were defined as patients with fungal meningitis, posterior circulation stroke, spinal osteomyelitis, ...