Mycoplasma pneumoniae co-infection with SARS-CoV-2: A case report

We report co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a patient with pneumonia in India. Atypical bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia may share similar clinical presentations and radiographic features with SARS-CoV-...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Rama, Sreenath, K., Vinayaraj, E. V., Sahoo, Biswajeet, Vishnu Narayanan, M. R., Kiran, K. V. P. Sai, Batra, Priyam, Rathor, Nisha, Singh, Sheetal, Mohan, Anant, Bhatnagar, Sushma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000212
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Sumario:We report co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a patient with pneumonia in India. Atypical bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia may share similar clinical presentations and radiographic features with SARS-CoV-2 making a thorough differential diagnosis essential. The co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and M. pneumoniae is infrequently reported in the literature. Broader testing for common respiratory pathogens should be performed in severe COVID-19 cases to rule out other concurrent infections. Early identification of co-existing respiratory pathogens could provide pathogen-directed therapy, and can save patient lives during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

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