Detection of co-infections bacteria from respiratory tract in COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU

This study was carried out to isolation of different type of co-infections bacteria from ICU patients with COVID-19 enter through the respiratory tract. The study was conducted in sputum samples were also obtained from treated patients in (Rozhawa hospital emergency - Erbil), in Department of Microbiology. Identify and antimicrobial sensitivity (AST) was done by Vitek 2 apparatus. Entire of sputum samples of Streptococcus pneumonia (41.6%), Acinetobacter baumanni (37.5%), Staphylococcus aureus (8.3%), Sphingomonas paucimobilis (4.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.2%) and Klebsiella pneumonia (4.2%). Acinetobacter baumanni bacteria due to its universal antibiotic resistance and widespread proliferation among the study models' patients, the bacterial isolate displayed greater threat.