Usama E Abu Elhassan, Saad M A Alqahtani, Naif S Al Saglan, Ali Hawan, Khadejah M Alshahrani, Hana S Al-Malih, Mohammed A Alshehri, Faisal S Alqahtani, Fatimah Alshomrani, Roaa S Almtheeb, Ibrahim H E Feteih, Magda S R Abdelwahab, Ibrahim M A Mahmoud
BACKGROUND: In COVID-19 patients undetected co-infections may have severe clinical implications associated with prolonged hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the impact of viral coinfections on the outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a large tertiary Saudi Arabian Hospital. METHODS: A total of 178 adult patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 who were hospitalized at the Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region (AFHSR), Saudi Arabia, from March 1st to June 30th 2022, were enrolled...
January 17, 2023: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine