Impact of the corona virus disease 2019 pandemic on the prevalence of common respiratory pathogens in hospitalized young patients with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia
Following COVID-19 infection, the incidence of CAP in young people increased, with changes in pathogen profiles. There was an increase in bacterial and viral infections, a significant rise in co-infections, predominantly bacterial-bacterial infections, and more atypical pathogen infections were observed.
Authors
- Wenting Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9222-1473)
- Yuanmei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-1108)
- Yuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4174-0641)
- Xue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9357-3980)
Institutions
- Guangdong Provincial Occupational Disease Prevention Hospital (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2025-1162
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00