Viral co-pathogens in COVID-19 acute respiratory syndrome – what did we learn from the first year of pandemic?

Or Kriger; Shiraz Gefen-Halevi; Eyal Leshem; Gillian Smollan; Natasha Belausov; Aseel Egbarye; Rawan Khashab; Miran Odeh; Adleen Saffia; Yuval Barak; Oswa Abu Hussein; Rachel Hamias; Yael Aharon; Jacqueline Alfandari; Ital Nemet; Limor Kliker; Hilda Sherbany; Michal Mandelboim; Sharon Amit

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.018

Viral co-pathogens in COVID-19 acute respiratory syndrome – what did we learn from the first year of pandemic?

Or Kriger, Shiraz Gefen-Halevi, Eyal Leshem, Gillian Smollan, Natasha Belausov, Aseel Egbarye, Rawan Khashab, Miran Odeh, Adleen Saffia, Yuval Barak, Oswa Abu Hussein, Rachel Hamias, Yael Aharon, Jacqueline Alfandari, Ital Nemet, Limor Kliker, Hilda Sherbany, Michal Mandelboim, Sharon Amit

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Objective: : This study aimed to describe the distribution of respiratory pathogens and the occurrence of co-pathogens during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panel targeting 23 microorganisms to analyze the oro-pharyngeal samples of patients admitted to our hospital with acute respiratory infection (ARI) between March 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021. We matched 40 to 50 patients who were SARS-CoV-2 positive and SARS-CoV-2 negative per month for age and sex. Results: A total of 939 patients with multiplex PCR test results were included in the study. Respiratory pathogens where detected in only 8/476 (1.6%) patients with COVID-19 versus 87/463 (18.7%) patients with non–COVID-19 ARI patients. Diversity and rates of pathogens vastly differed from previous years but showed seasonal variance. Conclusion: Patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting with ARI during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated paucity of respiratory co-pathogens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	226-229
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	116
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.018
State	Published - Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors

Keywords

COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
co-infections

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.018

Cite this

Kriger, O., Gefen-Halevi, S., Leshem, E., Smollan, G., Belausov, N., Egbarye, A., Khashab, R., Odeh, M., Saffia, A., Barak, Y., Hussein, O. A., Hamias, R., Aharon, Y., Alfandari, J., Nemet, I., Kliker, L., Sherbany, H., Mandelboim, M., & Amit, S. (2022). Viral co-pathogens in COVID-19 acute respiratory syndrome – what did we learn from the first year of pandemic? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 116, 226-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.018

@article{b23a046eb79f48a79a7d3f6db2102325,

title = "Viral co-pathogens in COVID-19 acute respiratory syndrome – what did we learn from the first year of pandemic?",

abstract = "Objective: : This study aimed to describe the distribution of respiratory pathogens and the occurrence of co-pathogens during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panel targeting 23 microorganisms to analyze the oro-pharyngeal samples of patients admitted to our hospital with acute respiratory infection (ARI) between March 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021. We matched 40 to 50 patients who were SARS-CoV-2 positive and SARS-CoV-2 negative per month for age and sex. Results: A total of 939 patients with multiplex PCR test results were included in the study. Respiratory pathogens where detected in only 8/476 (1.6%) patients with COVID-19 versus 87/463 (18.7%) patients with non–COVID-19 ARI patients. Diversity and rates of pathogens vastly differed from previous years but showed seasonal variance. Conclusion: Patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting with ARI during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated paucity of respiratory co-pathogens.",

keywords = "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, co-infections",

author = "Or Kriger and Shiraz Gefen-Halevi and Eyal Leshem and Gillian Smollan and Natasha Belausov and Aseel Egbarye and Rawan Khashab and Miran Odeh and Adleen Saffia and Yuval Barak and Hussein, {Oswa Abu} and Rachel Hamias and Yael Aharon and Jacqueline Alfandari and Ital Nemet and Limor Kliker and Hilda Sherbany and Michal Mandelboim and Sharon Amit",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors",

year = "2022",

month = mar,

doi = "10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.018",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "116",

pages = "226--229",

journal = "International Journal of Infectious Diseases",

issn = "1201-9712",