A Case Report of Methicillin-Resistant Staph. aureus Coinfection in COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Bacterial co-infections in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia are not very common as the prevalence of co-infections with other respiratory viruses. The rate of bacterial co-infection in hospitalized patients infected with influenza is higher than 30%, whereas it is lower than 4% in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2. Respiratory viral infections associated with bacterial co-infection have higher mortality and morbidity rates. The literature shows that most SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted to the hospital do not necessarily screen for bacterial infections and antimicrobial susceptibility. Therefore, clinicians' misdiagnosis of these co-infections can pose a significant risk to the lives of vulnerable patients with COVID-19. In that light, we presented a complicated case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Keywords

• SARS-CoV-2
• Bacterial Coinfection
• MRSA
• Covid-19

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