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Emerging threat to coronavirus patients: ‘Superinfections’ with drug-resistant bacteria

A potential treatment for COVID-19 also may predispose future risk of superinfections.

In this March 29 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, medical personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy docked at the Port of Los Angeles treat a non-COVID-19 patient from a Los Angeles-area medical facility.
In this March 29 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, medical personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy docked at the Port of Los Angeles treat a non-COVID-19 patient from a Los Angeles-area medical facility.Read moreErwin Jacob Miciano / AP