Editorial: Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on nosocomial infection

Abstract

Globally, up to September 1, 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including 6,956,173 deaths, as reported to World Health Organization (1). Many studies have arisen in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, clinical characteristics, outcomes, the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms, and effective prevention and treatment measures of nosocomial infections (NIs; also called healthcare-associated infections) associated with COVID-19 are still unclear in many ways. Meanwhile, the NIs control system should continuously improve even in the post-COVID19 era. Therefore, this Research Topic was proposed, and it aimed to collect manuscripts on recent progress and future perspectives on COVID-19 that help promote the development of effective prevention and treatment measures of COVID-19-associated NIs in different departments of the hospital, explore the changes in NIs pre- and post-COVID-19, and improve the quality of NIs control. Six papers have been accepted in this Research Topic, including one brief research report and five original research articles...