RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lessons of the month: Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza B virus in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e262
OP e263
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0598
VO 20
IS 6
A1 Abigail Coutinho
A1 Afrah Riaz
A1 Annabel Makan
A1 Emma Crawford
A1 Devapriya Dev
A1 Koottalai Srinivasan
A1 Nawaid Ahmad
A1 Harmesh Moudgil
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/6/e262.abstract
AB 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.