SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in a Previously Healthy Child

Kimberly C Vu; Gloria P Heresi; Michael L Chang

doi:10.1155/2021/8907944

SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae Coinfection in a Previously Healthy Child

Case Rep Pediatr. 2021 Dec 8:2021:8907944. doi: 10.1155/2021/8907944. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Kimberly C Vu¹, Gloria P Heresi¹, Michael L Chang¹

Affiliation

¹ Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, The University of Texas, Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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 Streptococcus pneumoniae and COVID-19 coinfection in a previously healthy 4-year-old child.

Publication types

Case Reports