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ArticleMicroorganisms2022

Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens among Symptomatic-SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Negative Patients.

Naveed Ahmed, Saman Habib, Moazza Muzzammil, Ali A Rabaan, Safaa A Turkistani, Mohammed Garout, Muhammad A Halwani, Mohammed Aljeldah, Basim R Al Shammari, Amal A Sabour and 6 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Naveed AhmedDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1504-1705
Saman HabibDepartment of Medical Education, King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Moazza MuzzammilDepartment of Medical Education, King Edward Medical University, Lahore 54000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Ali A RabaanMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6774-9847
Safaa A TurkistaniDepartment of Medical Laborator, Fakeeh College for Medical Science, Jeddah 21134, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed GaroutDepartment of Community Medicine and Health Care for Pilgrims, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad A HalwaniDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University. Al Baha 4781, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed AljeldahDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin 39831, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5335-2809
Basim R Al ShammariDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin 39831, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3522-0607
Amal A SabourDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Maha A AlshiekheidDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Areeg N K AbdallaDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, Saudi German Hospital, Dammam 32313, Saudi Arabia.
Jeehan H AlestadImmunology and Infectious Microbiology Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK.
Saad AlhumaidAdministration of Pharmaceutical Care, Al-Ahsa Health Cluster, Ministry of Health, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4552-4513
Bruno Silvester LopesSchool of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1476-2108
Chan Yean YeanDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia.
King Edward Medical University · PKKing Saud University · SAUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Hafr Al-Batin · SAAl Baha University · SAAlfaisal University · SADammam Central Hospital · SAMinistry of Health · MMSoliman Fakeeh Hospital · SATeesside University · GBUmm al-Qura University · SAUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epidemiological and clinical aspects of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) have been subjected to several investigations, but little is known about symptomatic patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR results. The current study investigated patients who presented to the hospital with respiratory symptoms (but negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR results) to determine the prevalence of bacterial pathogens among these patients. A total of 1246 different samples were collected and 453 species of bacterial pathogens were identified by culture. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed via the Kirby Bauer disc diffusion test. Patients showed symptoms, such as fever (100%), cough (83%), tiredness (77%), loss of taste and smell (23%), rigors (93%), sweating (62%), and nausea (81%), but all tested negative for COVID-19 by PCR tests. Further examinations revealed additional and severe symptoms, such as sore throats (27%), body aches and pain (83%), diarrhea (11%), skin rashes (5%), eye irritation (21%), vomiting (42%), difficulty breathing (32%), and chest pain (67%). The sum of

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COVID-19 negativerespiratory infectionssymptomatic patients

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