Lessons of the month: Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza B virus in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Coutinho, Abigail; Riaz, Afrah; Makan, Annabel; Crawford, Emma; Dev, Devapriya; Srinivasan, Koottalai; Ahmad, Nawaid; Moudgil, Harmesh
- Source
- Clinical Medicine. Nov2020, Vol. 20 Issue 6, pe262-e263. 2p.
- Subject
- *VIRAL pneumonia
*COMMUNITY-acquired pneumonia
*INFLUENZA B virus
*SEASONAL influenza
*MIXED infections
*COVID-19
*COVID-19 pandemic
- Language
- ISSN
- 1470-2118
Why we only infrequently detect or report two or more respiratory viruses co-infecting an adult host is poorly understood. We report a rare case where influenza B and SARS-CoV-2 caused viral pneumonia in a 74-year-old man diagnosed during the UK winter epidemic/pandemic for these organisms and discuss concepts of co-infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]