Study monitored over 17,000 hospitalized patients last year The retrospective study, published in the Dovepress journal this week, looked into 17,534 COVID-19 patients admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) and wards of ten hospitals of the ICMR AMR surveillance network between June and August 2020. Among these patients, 3.6% had developed secondary infections, and 56.7% among them died. Comparatively, the overall mortality among all 17,534 patients was 10.6%, the study said.
Infections
91% hospitalized patients had bacterial infections The study found that 91.4% (585 out of 640) of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had bacterial infections. Meanwhile, 5.4% (35 out of 640) of patients had only fungal infections. Mixed infection with more than one organism isolated from different or same site was seen in 34.8% (223/640) of
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India has reported several cases of mucormycosis or black fungus among Covid-19 recovered and recovering patients (Picture: Reuters/Representative)
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Read more about What is mucormycosis, the deadly fungal infection among Covid patients on Business Standard. Cases of mucormycosis in Covid patients are on the rise in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and the southern states of India. All you need to know about the black fungus, its symptoms, treatment & more