Summary
Case study of serious COVID-19 disease at 68-years-old man with hypertension is presented. Patient was hospitalised with progressive shortness of breath, bilateral pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2. Patient was treated with remdesivir in combination with broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs.

Key words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, viral pneumonia, remdesivir, antibacterial drugs.
Lek Obz, 2021, 70 (4): 161-164

Viera FIRMENTOVÁ 1, Adriána LIPTÁKOVÁ 2

1 FPML s.r.o., Privátne mikrobiologické laboratórium, Stará Ľubovňa
2 Mikrobiologický ústav, Lekárska fakulta, Univerzita Komenského a Univerzitná nemocnica, Bratislava,
prednosta Dr.h.c. prof. MUDr. V. Krčméry, DrSc.

Cite:
FIRMENTOVÁ V., LIPTÁKOVÁ A.:  Serious COVID-19 case complicated with secondary bacterial infection. Lek Obz, 2021, 70 (4): 161-164