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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Microbiol Immunol Infect
. 2020 May 20;S1684-1182(20)30119-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.05.005. Online ahead of print.
First COVID-19 Mortality Case in Taiwan With Bacterial Co-Infection by National Surveillance of Critically Ill Patients With Influenza-Negative Pneumonia
Wei-Cheng Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yi-Chyi Lai[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chieh-Hui Lin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jin-Fu Zheng[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Wen-Chung ****[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yi-Jen Wang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Tsung-Huai Kuo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Li-**** Wu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Yao-Shen Tong[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Min-Chi Lu[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Keh-Sen Liu[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A 63-year-old diabetic smoker with alcoholism was the first mortality case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. As concurrently infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae and subsequently with Klebsiella aerogenes, he was exposed by a national survey of patients with critically influenza-negative pneumonia. We recommend COVID-19 screening for patients with severe flu-like syndrome and protecting health-care workers from being infected.
Keywords: COVID-19; Co-infection; Klebsiella; Mortality; Taiwan.
. 2020 May 20;S1684-1182(20)30119-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.05.005. Online ahead of print.
First COVID-19 Mortality Case in Taiwan With Bacterial Co-Infection by National Surveillance of Critically Ill Patients With Influenza-Negative Pneumonia
Wei-Cheng Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yi-Chyi Lai[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Chieh-Hui Lin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jin-Fu Zheng[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Wen-Chung ****[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yi-Jen Wang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Tsung-Huai Kuo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Li-**** Wu[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Yao-Shen Tong[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Min-Chi Lu[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Keh-Sen Liu[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32527700
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.05.005
Abstract
A 63-year-old diabetic smoker with alcoholism was the first mortality case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. As concurrently infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae and subsequently with Klebsiella aerogenes, he was exposed by a national survey of patients with critically influenza-negative pneumonia. We recommend COVID-19 screening for patients with severe flu-like syndrome and protecting health-care workers from being infected.
Keywords: COVID-19; Co-infection; Klebsiella; Mortality; Taiwan.