id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-330998-ttwadtay Petersen, Fernanda Cristina COVID-19: Looking Into the Overlooked 2020-08-11 .txt text/plain 1861 100 37 At the peak of the pandemic, broad-spectrum antibiotics have been administered to the majority of patients admitted with COVID-19 to hospital to prevent secondary infections but also, some antibiotics, like teicoplanin, have been used due to their alleged antiviral properties. However, the risk and potential severity of secondary infections associated with COVID-19, particularly in overcrowded clinical settings and in immune-compromised patients, has in many cases reduced the compliance with the local prescription practice guidelines. As the first wave of the pandemic is tailing off in Europe, we have gathered substantial and actionable evidence that suggests that both severity and mortality associated with COVID-19 is due to host factors, ranging from endothelial and coagulation disturbances leading to the formation of micro thrombi to a major dysregulation of the host immunity and inflammatory response. ./cache/cord-330998-ttwadtay.txt ./txt/cord-330998-ttwadtay.txt