Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Common in Fatal SARS-CoV-2 Infections
NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium Finds Underrecognized Infections
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Inpatient COVID-19 protocol-driven care has been heavily criticized for being nihilistic, use of unsafe and ineffective remdesivir, and cruel in it’s treatment of patients and families. Now a new concern has been brought forward by the National Institutes of Health Autopsy Consortium—secondary bacterial and in some cases invasive fungal infections not recognized clinically before death.
Platt et al summarized autopsy findings in 55 fatal cases where death occurred on average 18 days after admission to the hospital.
“Pulmonary co-infection was detected premortem in significantly fewer cases (15/55, 27%) than were detected postmortem (36/55, 65%; p < 0.0001). Among cases in which co-infection was detected postmortem by histopathology, an organism was identified in 27/36 (75%) of cases. Pseudomonas, Enterobacter, and Staphylococcus aureus were the most frequently identified bacteria both premortem and postmortem. Invasive pulmonary fungal infection was detected in five cases postmortem, but in no cases premortem.”
In 44% of the missed cases, there was no appropriate antimicrobial coverage for a hospital acquired pneumonia. Thus, this is another deficiency of hospital care and an area for critical review of historical cases and improvement in the care of future ones.
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Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
President, McCullough Foundation
Yes, and along with the mostly lethal Remdesivir & Ventilator protocol, for an extra boost to the death count, doctors were suddenly told "no antibiotics" for the Covid viral pneumonia patients.
Why they listened is my question.
Killers, our "healers" became, and now I realize they are nothing but veritable pumping stations for the pharmaceutical corporations, just like filling station attendants for ExxonMobil.
"Medicine" needs a total overhaul & Physicians need de-programming.
As a young woman I wondered why my Ob/Gyn didn't care about the terrible side effects the birth control pills he prescribed for me created. Now I realize far too many Physicians care nothing about the consequences of their actions, up to and including causing the deaths of their patients.
We need to re-educate the entire profession with an emphasis on morality and the Hippocratic Oath. "FIRST, DO NO HARM!" needs to be inscribed into their brains & their souls before they ever touch a patient!
Coinfection was present in my case before I contracted COVID.
Being sensitive to several antibiotics, We were awaiting test results in order to safely treat it when I was admitted with COVID.
Not only did I get the "not vaxed" lecture from everyone who contacted me in the hospital; I'd told everyone from ED to admit that I had already been diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia and was awaiting test results to determine a safe antibiotic.
NO ONE attempted to access those results or treat my bacterial pneumonia.
Instead I was placed on the incentivi$ed conveyor belt of Remdisivir (plus steroids, blood thinner) with permission to ventilate.
I had sent my family a photo of the whiteboard in my room which outlined my treatment plan.
Thankfully my daughter-in-law was privy to the background info on Remdisivir and warned me via text message.
Once I reaearched it myself, I refused further doses and withdrew permission to ventilate. I was discharged the next day, bacterial pneumonia still unacknowledged and untreated.
My metabolic panel was already moving in the wrong direction after the initial loading dose of Remdesivir, and the next dose the following day.
Prior to my admission I had been prescribed ivermectin which I took on the sly, but it was not an appropriate dose, no zinc, and then the pharmacy wouldn't fill a new rx.
Improvement was evident once my bacterial infection was finally treated by my family NP, who'd also ordered oxygen for me pre and post-admission.
He and his wife worked tirelessly to provide early treatment for COVID in our community. Their efforts (house calls!) saved many lives, including my daughter's. He absolutely treated the co-infections.
He did not prescribe ivermectin; my Naturopath did that.