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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jan 14;27(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2703.204024. Online ahead of print.
Lung Pathology of Mutually Exclusive Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Noriko Nakajima, Aki Sakurai, Masayuki Nakajima, Eiko Sakurai, Yuko Sato, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kanno, Michiko Kataoka, Harutaka Katano, Mitsunaga Iwata, Yohei Doi, Tadaki Suzuki
Abstract
Postmortem lung pathology of a patient in Japan with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection showed diffuse alveolar damage as well as bronchopneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. The distribution of each pathogen and the accompanying histopathology suggested the infections progressed in a mutually exclusive manner within the lung, resulting in fatal respiratory failure.
Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Streptococcus pneumoniae; acute respiratory distress syndrome; autopsy; bacteria; bronchopneumonia; co-infection; coronavirus disease; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; streptococci; viruses.
. 2021 Jan 14;27(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2703.204024. Online ahead of print.
Lung Pathology of Mutually Exclusive Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Noriko Nakajima, Aki Sakurai, Masayuki Nakajima, Eiko Sakurai, Yuko Sato, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kanno, Michiko Kataoka, Harutaka Katano, Mitsunaga Iwata, Yohei Doi, Tadaki Suzuki
- PMID: 33443011
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2703.204024
Abstract
Postmortem lung pathology of a patient in Japan with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection showed diffuse alveolar damage as well as bronchopneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. The distribution of each pathogen and the accompanying histopathology suggested the infections progressed in a mutually exclusive manner within the lung, resulting in fatal respiratory failure.
Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Streptococcus pneumoniae; acute respiratory distress syndrome; autopsy; bacteria; bronchopneumonia; co-infection; coronavirus disease; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; streptococci; viruses.