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Cytokine Storm Did Not Kill COVID-19 Patients

Cytokine Storm Did Not Kill COVID-19 Patients

Study shows secondary bacterial pneumonia key factor in ventilated COVID-19 deaths

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May 12, 2023
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A new analysis of COVID-19 patients who required mechanical ventilation found that nearly half of them also developed secondary bacterial pneumonia. This pneumonia was more likely to be fatal than the COVID-19 infection itself.

Although COVID-19 was the reason these patients were hospitalized, the infection that developed after they were placed on a …

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