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Nevertheless, there is little data regarding bacterial superinfection and its risk factors in COVID-19 patients who are critically ill<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this study was to assess the extent of superinfections caused by various microorganisms in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-infected inpatients and to evaluate the risk factors for superinfection<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Study was conducted from October to January 2021 at a COVID-19 dedicated, a large tertiary care hospital of North India. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected and processed for SARS-CoV 2 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. To diagnose superinfections, appropriate samples were collected from the patients and processed for isolation of bacterial and fungal microorganisms based on the judgment of the treating physician<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The rate of super-infections found during our study period was 7.69%<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our study, we identified Severe COVID-19, previous antibiotic use, and invasive therapy as the three risk factors of overall superinfections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/aam.aam_516_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,21]],"date-time":"2026-02-21T18:00:07Z","timestamp":1771696807000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Complicating the Crisis: Superinfection in Covid 19 Patients"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"Sonali","family":"Maheshwari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Subhashree","family":"Mohapatra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, DRIEMS Institute of Health Sciences, Cuttack, Odisha, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vikas","family":"Dogra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonology, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shikhar","family":"Saxena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Priyanjali","family":"Shingare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Assistant Director, National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mona","family":"Bargotya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ajeet","family":"Jain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of CTVS, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sukriti","family":"Sabharwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, National Capital Region Institute of Medical Sciences, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,20]]},"container-title":["Annals of African Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_516_25","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T16:48:29Z","timestamp":1787762909000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_516_25"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,20]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/aam.aam_516_25","relation":{},"ISSN":["1596-3519","0975-5764"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1596-3519","type":"print"},{"value":"0975-5764","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,20]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2025-09-11","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-12-12","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}