AI Article Synopsis
- COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has led to a global pandemic.
- Unlike typical respiratory infections, bacterial coinfections in COVID-19 patients are rare.
- The report details a case of a previously healthy 4-year-old child who experienced a coinfection of COVID-19.
Article 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 and COVID-19 coinfection in a previously healthy 4-year-old child.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8660239 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8907944 | DOI Listing |
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