Lessons of the month: Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza B virus in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia.

Lessons of the month: Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza B virus in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia.

Abigail Coutinho, Afrah Riaz, Annabel Makan, Emma Crawford, Devapriya Dev, Koottalai Srinivasan, Nawaid Ahmad, Harmesh Moudgil

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.

2020

covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Co-infection, Viral co-infection, influenza B

10.7861/clinmed.2020-0598

Clinical medicine (London, England)