tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2020 Dec 18;8(1)
faa633.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa633. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Pneumocystis and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection: A Case Report and Review of an Emerging Diagnostic Dilemma
Carlos Rubiano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kathleen Tompkins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Subhashini A Sellers[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brian Bramson[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Eron[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jonathan B Parr[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Asher J Schranz[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We present a case of a critically ill patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). Coronavirus disease 2019 and PCP co-occurrence is increasingly reported and may complicate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Patients with severe COVID-19 should be screened for underlying immunocompromise and coinfections should be considered.
Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; Pneumocystis; SARS-CoV-2; coinfection.
. 2020 Dec 18;8(1)
faa633.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa633. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Pneumocystis and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection: A Case Report and Review of an Emerging Diagnostic Dilemma
Carlos Rubiano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kathleen Tompkins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Subhashini A Sellers[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brian Bramson[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Eron[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jonathan B Parr[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Asher J Schranz[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33537365
- PMCID: PMC7798538
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa633
Abstract
We present a case of a critically ill patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). Coronavirus disease 2019 and PCP co-occurrence is increasingly reported and may complicate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Patients with severe COVID-19 should be screened for underlying immunocompromise and coinfections should be considered.
Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; Pneumocystis; SARS-CoV-2; coinfection.