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Case Rep Pediatr
. 2021 Dec 8;2021:8907944.
doi: 10.1155/2021/8907944. eCollection 2021.
SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in a Previously Healthy Child
Kimberly C Vu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gloria P Heresi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael L Chang[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. This novel coronavirus has been responsible for a pandemic that continues to devastate nations worldwide. COVID-19, like other viruses, causes pneumonia. However, unlike other viral respiratory tract infections such as influenza, bacterial coinfection in COVID-19 patients has uncommonly been described in adult and pediatric patients. We report a case of Streptococcus pneumoniae and COVID-19 coinfection in a previously healthy 4-year-old child.
. 2021 Dec 8;2021:8907944.
doi: 10.1155/2021/8907944. eCollection 2021.
SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in a Previously Healthy Child
Kimberly C Vu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gloria P Heresi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael L Chang[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34900356
- PMCID: PMC8660239
- DOI: 10.1155/2021/8907944
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. This novel coronavirus has been responsible for a pandemic that continues to devastate nations worldwide. COVID-19, like other viruses, causes pneumonia. However, unlike other viral respiratory tract infections such as influenza, bacterial coinfection in COVID-19 patients has uncommonly been described in adult and pediatric patients. We report a case of Streptococcus pneumoniae and COVID-19 coinfection in a previously healthy 4-year-old child.