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R I Med J (2013). 2020 Mar 19;103(2):75-76.
Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Human Metapneumovirus.
Touzard-Romo F[SUP]1[/SUP], Tap? C[SUP]2[/SUP], Lonks JR[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus (now called SARS-CoV-2) initially discovered in Wuhan, China, has now become a global pandemic. We describe a patient presenting to an Emergency Department in Rhode Island on March 12, 2020 with cough and shortness of breath after a trip to Jamaica. The patient underwent nasopharyngeal swab for a respiratory pathogen panel as well as SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. When the respiratory pathogen panel was positive for human metapneumovirus, the patient was treated and discharged. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR came back positive 24 hours later. Although respiratory viral co-infection is thought to be relatively uncommon in adults, this case reflects that SARS-CoV-2 testing algorithms that exclude patients who test positive for routine viral pathogens may miss SARS-CoV-2 co-infected patients.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; co-infection; human metapneumovirus
PMID:32192233
Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Human Metapneumovirus.
Touzard-Romo F[SUP]1[/SUP], Tap? C[SUP]2[/SUP], Lonks JR[SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
The novel coronavirus (now called SARS-CoV-2) initially discovered in Wuhan, China, has now become a global pandemic. We describe a patient presenting to an Emergency Department in Rhode Island on March 12, 2020 with cough and shortness of breath after a trip to Jamaica. The patient underwent nasopharyngeal swab for a respiratory pathogen panel as well as SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. When the respiratory pathogen panel was positive for human metapneumovirus, the patient was treated and discharged. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR came back positive 24 hours later. Although respiratory viral co-infection is thought to be relatively uncommon in adults, this case reflects that SARS-CoV-2 testing algorithms that exclude patients who test positive for routine viral pathogens may miss SARS-CoV-2 co-infected patients.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; co-infection; human metapneumovirus
PMID:32192233