University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Jul 4;42:173. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.173.33813. eCollection 2022.
Since the global pandemic of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), few studies have reported on the relevance of bacteria co-infection on outcome of COVID-19 patients. Little is known about the clinical presentation among pregnant women, mother-to-child transmission, and fetal outcomes. This report shows a 24-year-old nulliparous woman who was 32 weeks pregnant and was admitted to the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana with symptoms of fever (40.3°C), cough and breathlessness of two weeks duration. Her nasopharyngeal sample tested positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and blood culture isolated Burkholderia cepacia. She was given medications but went into pre-term labour and delivered a stillborn baby. This rare case of COVID-19 and Burkholderia cepacia co-infection emphasizes the need for a thorough assessment and appropriate treatment of patients presenting with fever and respiratory symptoms in order to mitigate poor outcome.
自 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）全球大流行以来，鲜有研究报告细菌合并感染对 COVID-19 患者结局的相关性。关于孕妇的临床表现、母婴传播和胎儿结局知之甚少。本报告介绍了一位 24 岁的初产妇，怀孕 32 周，因发热（40.3°C）、咳嗽和呼吸困难两周，入住加纳库马西夸梅·恩克鲁玛科技大学（KNUST）大学医院。她的鼻咽样本检测出严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2（SARS-CoV-2）呈阳性，血液培养分离出洋葱伯克霍尔德菌。她接受了药物治疗，但早产并产下死胎。这例罕见的 COVID-19 和洋葱伯克霍尔德菌合并感染病例强调，需要对出现发热和呼吸道症状的患者进行彻底评估和适当治疗，以减轻不良结局。
