Sohal Sumit, Rodriguez-Nava Guillermo, Khabbaz Ramzy, Chaudry Sana, Musurakis Clio, Chitrakar Solab, Chundi Vishnu V, Friedman Harvey J
Department of Internal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Department of Infectious Diseases, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202, USA.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 14;2020:8882348. doi: 10.1155/2020/8882348. eCollection 2020.
COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV2 virus is an acute respiratory illness which was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Usually, SARS-CoV2 infects independently and can cause spectrum of disease ranging from mild illness to severe progressive pneumonia, multiorgan dysfunction, and death; however, co-infections with other respiratory pathogens have been noted. Here, we present 2 fatal cases with co-infection, one with parainfluenza-4 virus and other co-infection/secondary infection with bacteria. Further studies are needed to study the effect of co-infections on morbidity and mortality of patients and establish the outcome of such infections.
由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV2）病毒引起的新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）感染是一种急性呼吸道疾病，已被世界卫生组织宣布为大流行病。通常，SARS-CoV2独立感染，可导致从轻症到严重进行性肺炎、多器官功能障碍及死亡等一系列疾病；然而，也有与其他呼吸道病原体合并感染的情况。在此，我们报告2例合并感染的致命病例，1例合并副流感病毒4型感染，另1例合并细菌感染/继发细菌感染。需要进一步研究合并感染对患者发病率和死亡率的影响，并确定此类感染的结局。
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