Advanced search
Publication Cover
Emerging Microbes & Infections Volume 10, 2021 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
2,483
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Coronaviruses

The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the prevalence of respiratory tract pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Germany

Theo Dähnea Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyView further author information
,
Wolfgang Bauerb Department of Emergency Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, GermanyView further author information
,
Andreas Essigc Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyView further author information
,
Bernhard Schaafd Hospital Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, GermanyView further author information
,
Christoph D. Spinnere Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-5367View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Mathias W. Pletzf Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital / Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany;g CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-2753View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Gernot Rohdeg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;h Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic I, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany;i Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-7755View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Jan Ruppg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;j Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, GermanyView further author information
,
Martin Witzenrathg CAPNETZ Stiftung, Hannover, Germany;k Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany;l Associate Member of the DZLView further author information
,
Marcus Panninga Institute of Virology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-5964View further author information
ORCID Icon & Members of the CAPNETZ study group show all
Pages 1515-1518 | Received 07 Jun 2021, Accepted 14 Jul 2021, Published online: 01 Aug 2021

Figures & data

Figure 1. Histogram showing the total number of patients tested positive for a respiratory pathogen (left y-axis) using multiplex real-time RT-PCR per month in 2018 (Panel A), 2019 (Panel B), and 2020 [Panel C, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)]. Black broken line (Influenza virus A/B, RKI) denotes influenza case notifications submitted to the Robert-Koch-Institute, Germany (right y-axis, in log scale). Influenza A/B, RKI numbers were extracted from SurvStat software on 10th March 2021.

Figure 1. Histogram showing the total number of patients tested positive for a respiratory pathogen (left y-axis) using multiplex real-time RT-PCR per month in 2018 (Panel A), 2019 (Panel B), and 2020 [Panel C, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)]. Black broken line (Influenza virus A/B, RKI) denotes influenza case notifications submitted to the Robert-Koch-Institute, Germany (right y-axis, in log scale). Influenza A/B, RKI numbers were extracted from SurvStat software on 10th March 2021.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.