Author/Authors :
Chaudhry, Rama Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Sreenath, K. Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Vinayaraj, E. V. Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Sahoo, Biswajeet Department of Laboratory Oncology - National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, Hayana, India , Narayanan, M. R. Vishnu Department of Anaesthesiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Sai Kiran, K. V. P. Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Batra, Priyam Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Rathor, Nisha Department of Microbiology - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Singh, Sheetal Department of Hospital Administration - National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, Hayana, India , Mohan, Anant Department of Pulmonary - Critical Care and Sleep Medicine - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India , Bhatnagar, Sushma Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
We report co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a patient with pneumonia in India. Atypical bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia may share similar clinical presentations and radiographic features with SARS-CoV-2 making a thorough differential diagnosis essential. The co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 and M. pneumoniae is infrequently reported in the literature. Broader testing for common respiratory pathogens should be performed in severe COVID-19 cases to rule out other concurrent infections. Early identification of co-existing respiratory pathogens could provide pathogen-directed therapy, and can save patient lives during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Mycoplasma pneumoniae , infection , pneumonia , therapy , co-infections
