Smita Chabharekar
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
COVID-19:- EMERGING CONFECTIONS BETWEEN COVID 19 AND TROPICAL PATHOGEN
Author(s): Smita Chabharekar and Nikhil Dhande*
Various factors including comorbidities, risk of hospital acquired infections, use of immunosuppressive therapy; alterations of immune system by COVID-19 may be responsible for coinfections. Coronavirus infected individuals are at higher risk for having coinfections with other tropical pathogens. Care facilities to the patient suffering from coinfections with Coronavirus and other tropical are given. Patients can have coinfections with one or more pathogens along with COVID emerging simultaneously. Bacterial coinfections are the most common including Staphylococcus aureus and klebsiella pneumoniae. Human Rhinovirus and human Adenovirus are most commonly known viral infections coexist with COVID pathogens. Coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also well known infection coexist with COVID-19. Identification and timely management of patient with coinfec.. Read More»