SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in a Previously Healthy Child

Autor: Vu, Kimberly C., Heresi, Gloria P., Chang, Michael L.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Pediatrics.
ISSN: 2090-6803
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8907944
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE