Respiratory Pathogens: A Comparison between Pre- and Post-pandemic Situation of COVID-19 | Chapter 6 | Current Innovations in Disease and Health Research Vol. 7

 This survey aims to determine by what method respiratory pathogens exchanged both before and subsequently the COVID-19 epidemic, a kind of viral pneumonia for that a pandemic was advertised (March 2020). Pneumonia is an infection that influences one or two together lungs. It causes the air sacs, or alveoli, of the body parts to fill up accompanying fluid or pus. Bacteria, viruses, or fungi concede possibility cause pneumonia. To determine the relationship 'tween personal cleanness and the prevention of contamination by respiratory pathogens, the dossier were broken down by masculine and age. A retrospective reasoning was performed on 39,814 spit, bronchial aspirate, and transtracheal aspirate samples obtained from 15,398 patients visiting a hospital connected with university, located in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, middle from two points January 2018 and December 2021. From 4,454 patients whose samples were breeding positive for microorganisms, 6,389 strains were isolated and further experienced. The outpatients with respiring pathogens had a mean age of 66.2 years, and when the results of the civilization tests were compared by gender, it was establish that males comprised 64.9% (2,892/4,454) and females created 35.1% (1,562 out of 4,454). The number of outpatients the one requested respiring microbial cultures following the start of the universal was decreased by 20.7% distinguished to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period, and the number of outpatients the one had a positive idea result was decreased by 23.0%. Following the universal, the number of respiratory samples acquired decreased by 6.7% while the sample beneficial rate decreased by 18.3%. When distinguished to pre-COVID-19 levels, the isolated microbial strains accompanied a significant reduction for the Acinetobacter baumannii complex (43.1%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (60.5%), Haemophilus influenzae (67.2%), and Moraxella catarrhalis (78.1%). According to the allocation of respiratory microbial strains by exclusive informal network, patients above the age of 70 had the maximal prevalence of private bacteria. The betterings in personal cleanliness due to the COVID-19 universal exerted a substantial influence on the pattern of change in different common respiring microorganisms, which climaxes the importance of individual hygiene administration in the prevention of respiring infections.

Author(s) Details:

Ki Yeon Kim,
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.

Jae Soo Kim,
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.

Young Ki Lee,
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.

Ga Yeon Kim,
Department of Public Health, Dankook University Graduate School, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.

Bo Kyeung Jung,
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.

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