Erica Franceschini, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri, Antonella Santoro, Erica Bacca, Guido Lancellotti, Marianna Menozzi, William Gennari, Marianna Meschiari, Andrea Bedini, Gabriella Orlando, Cinzia Puzzolante, Margherita Digaetano, Jovana Milic, Mauro Codeluppi, Monica Pecorari, Federica Carli, Gianluca Cuomo, Gaetano Alfano, Luca Corradi, Roberto Tonelli, Nicola De Maria, Stefano Busani, Emanuela Biagioni, Irene Coloretti, Giovanni Guaraldi, Mario Sarti, Mario Luppi, Enrico Clini, Massimo Girardis, Inge C Gyssens, Cristina Mussini
BACKGROUND: Herpes simplex 1 co-infections in patients with COVID-19 are considered relatively uncommon; some reports on re-activations in patients in intensive-care units were published. The aim of the study was to analyze herpetic re-activations and their clinical manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, performing HSV-1 PCR on plasma twice a week. METHODS: we conducted a prospective, observational, single-center study involving 70 consecutive patients with severe/critical SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia tested for HSV-1 hospitalized at Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Modena...
September 7, 2021: Microorganisms