Small Saudi study finds 12% in ICU had both MERS and COVID-19Out of 67 intensive care unit (ICU) patients who underwent simultaneous SARS-CoV-2 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) testing in Saudi Arabia, 8 (11.9%) had coinfections, according to a new Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease study.The study didn't find any anomalous symptoms or mortality rates, although the researchers say more data are needed around mortality.The study ran from Mar 14 to Oct 19, 2020, and found that most coinfected patients were male (75.0%) and obese (87.5%).
Average patient age was 44. The most common symptoms were cough (87.5%), history of fever (87.5%), and abdominal pain (75.0%), and the average hospital and ICU stay was 21.1 and