TY - JOUR
T1 - ESKAPE and Beyond
T2 - The Burden of Coinfections in the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Loyola-Cruz, Miguel Ángel
AU - Gonzalez-Avila, Luis Uriel
AU - Martínez-Trejo, Arturo
AU - Saldaña-Padilla, Andres
AU - Hernández-Cortez, Cecilia
AU - Bello-López, Juan Manuel
AU - Castro-Escarpulli, Graciela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - The ESKAPE group constitute a threat to public health, since these microorganisms are associated with severe infections in hospitals and have a direct relationship with high mortality rates. The presence of these bacteria in hospitals had a direct impact on the incidence of healthcare-associated coinfections in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In recent years, these pathogens have shown resistance to multiple antibiotic families. The presence of high-risk clones within this group of bacteria contributes to the spread of resistance mechanisms worldwide. In the pandemic, these pathogens were implicated in coinfections in severely ill COVID-19 patients. The aim of this review is to describe the main microorganisms of the ESKAPE group involved in coinfections in COVID-19 patients, addressing mainly antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, epidemiology, and high-risk clones.
AB - The ESKAPE group constitute a threat to public health, since these microorganisms are associated with severe infections in hospitals and have a direct relationship with high mortality rates. The presence of these bacteria in hospitals had a direct impact on the incidence of healthcare-associated coinfections in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In recent years, these pathogens have shown resistance to multiple antibiotic families. The presence of high-risk clones within this group of bacteria contributes to the spread of resistance mechanisms worldwide. In the pandemic, these pathogens were implicated in coinfections in severely ill COVID-19 patients. The aim of this review is to describe the main microorganisms of the ESKAPE group involved in coinfections in COVID-19 patients, addressing mainly antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, epidemiology, and high-risk clones.
KW - COVID-19
KW - ESKAPE
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - antimicrobial resistance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85160351476&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/pathogens12050743
DO - 10.3390/pathogens12050743
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 37242413
AN - SCOPUS:85160351476
SN - 2076-0817
VL - 12
JO - Pathogens
JF - Pathogens
IS - 5
M1 - 743
ER -
