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Analysis of Bacterial Coinfections in Patients with Mild, Moderate, and Severe COVID-19 Cover

Analysis of Bacterial Coinfections in Patients with Mild, Moderate, and Severe COVID-19

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|Dec 2025

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Fig. 1.

Age distribution of COVID-19 patients with bacterial co-infection, stratified by disease severity.
Age distribution of COVID-19 patients with bacterial co-infection, stratified by disease severity.

Fig. 2.

Types of bacterial infections in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
Types of bacterial infections in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

Fig. 3.

Distribution of bacterial pathogens in COVID-19 patients with co-infections, stratified by disease severity. A) Mild group (n = 90); B) moderate group (n = 90); C) severe group (n = 120).
Distribution of bacterial pathogens in COVID-19 patients with co-infections, stratified by disease severity. A) Mild group (n = 90); B) moderate group (n = 90); C) severe group (n = 120).

Fig. 4.

Drug resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in different groups.
Drug resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in different groups.

Fig. 5.

Drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in different groups. Notably, no resistance to any tested antibiotic was detected in bacterial isolates from the mild COVID-19 group.
Drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in different groups. Notably, no resistance to any tested antibiotic was detected in bacterial isolates from the mild COVID-19 group.

Demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients with bacterial infection_

Overall sample (n = 300)Mild group (n = 90)Moderate group (n = 90)Severe group (n = 120)p-value
Patient characteristics
Median age (years)79 (59–92)79 (59–84)81 (68–89)78(69–92)0.578
Sex (n (%))
Male24060/90 (66.7%)80/90 (88.8%)100/120 (83.3%)0.001
Female6030/90 (33.3%)10/90 (11.1%)20/120 (16.6%)0.001
Clinical symptoms
Fever22070/90 (77.8%)60/90 (66.7%)90/120 (75.0%)0.210
Fatigue7010/90 (11.1%)20/90(22.2%)40/120 (33.3%)0.001
Difficulty breathing20070/90 (77.8%)60/90 (66.7%)70/120 (58.3%)0.012
Vomiting300030/120 (25.0%)< 0.001
Cough and expectoration29090/90 (100%)90/90 (100%)110/120 (91.7%)< 0.001

Antibiotic susceptibility testing abbreviations_

AbbreviationFull Name
SAMAmpicillin-sulbactam
TZPPiperacillin-tazobactam
CZOCefazolin
CTTCefotetan
CAZCeftazidime
CROCeftriaxone
FEPCefepime
ATMAztreonam
ETPErtapenem
IPMImipenem
AMKAmikacin
GMGentamicin
TOBTobramycin
CIPCiprofloxacin
LVXLevofloxacin
SXTTrimeth oprim-sulfameth oxazole
CSLCefoperazone-sulbactam
MEMMeropenem
DOXDoxycycline
MNOMinocycline
TGCTigecycline
CSColistin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2025-044 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 507 - 514
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 11, 2025
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Published on: Dec 26, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Qian Liu, Jia Bei Gao, Hui Zheng Hu, Fang Zheng Jiao, Xiao Gao, Bin Yan Wu, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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