Observational studyFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2025
SARS-CoV-2 and
Observational study in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2025. 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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Abstract
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global health and altered respiratory pathogens. While SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have mitigated COVID-19 severity, emerging variants remain challenging. Co-infection of Methods: To this end, three approaches were used. First, a laboratory-based analysis of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in adults (2019-2023). Second, a retrospective analysis of COVID-19 clinical cases with pneumococcal isolates (March,2020-December,2023), including clinical and microbiological data such as patients' comorbidities, episode severity, serotypes and resistance genes. Third, a retrospective analysis to assess pneumococcal colonization in SARS-CoV-2 positive nasopharyngeal samples (May-October 2023; dual-target RT-PCR). WGS and bioinformatics were performed on both bacterial (serotyping and resistance analysis) and viral genomes (lineage determination). Statistical comparisons (Chi-square, Fisher's test), with significance set at Results: First, IPD incidence declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, with cases dropping by 70% in both age groups (18-64 and >64) from 2019 to 2021 and rebounding after 2021, concomitant with the relaxation of non-pharmaceutical measures, especially among older adults. Pneumococcal serotype distribution remained stable with dominance of serotypes 3 and 8. Serotype 12F disappeared during the lockdown and re-emerged in 2023 as a multidrug-resistant sub-lineage through multi-fragment recombination, derived from the former GPSC26. Second, SARS-CoV-2 and pneumococcal co-infection occurred in 66 hospitalized patients, mainly by serotype 3 (15%), with resistance to macrolides (26.3%) and tetracycline (22.8%). Third, pneumococcal colonization in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients was low (2.8%), especially in older adults (>64 years; 1.5%), with slightly higher rates in severe cases (4.7% vs 2.5%; Discussion: This study highlights how non-pharmaceutical measures disrupt
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