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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Leading Pathogens Involved in Co-Infection and Super-Infection with COVID-19: Forensic Medicine Considerations after a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Roberto Scendoni, Emanuele Bury, Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro, Mariano Cingolani, Roberto Cameriere, Anna De Benedictis, Francesco De Micco

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto ScendoniDepartment of Law, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1910-2405
Emanuele BuryDepartment of Law, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy.
Isabella Lima Arrais RibeiroPostgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6538-6811
Mariano CingolaniDepartment of Law, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1916-1819
Roberto CameriereDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Anna De BenedictisFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8655-0895
Francesco De MiccoFondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8483-3787
University of Macerata · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · ITUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BRUniversity of Molise · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns about the potential for co-infection or over-infection with other respiratory infections, as they can complicate the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the disease. This is also a challenge for forensic pathologists, who may come across cases where the presence of co-infection or over-infection is suspected or confirmed, and it is important that they take this into account when determining the cause of death. The aim of this systematic review is to analyse the prevalence of each specific pathogen co-infecting or over-infecting patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. In total, 575 studies were selected from the Scopus and Pub-Med online databases and 8 studies were included in a meta-analysis. Male gender, advanced age and nursing home care are risk factors associated with the development of co-infection, whereas age, tachypnoea, hypoxaemia and bacterial infection are predictors of mortality. Overall, however, having a SARS-CoV-2 infection does not represent a real risk for the development of co-infections/super-infections.

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autopsy findingsco-infectionCOVID-19forensic medicineforensic pathologysuper-infection

Identifiers

PMID37242315
PMCPMC10222087
OpenAlexW4367293876

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