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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 21:20:e00775.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00775. eCollection 2020.

Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus

Shuhei Azekawa  1 , Ho Namkoong  2   3 , Keiko Mitamura  4 , Yoshihiro Kawaoka  5   6 , Fumitake Saito  1   4
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Case Reports

Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus

Shuhei Azekawa et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is spreading globally and poses a major public health threat. We reported a case of influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection. As the number of COVID-19 cases increase, it will be necessary to comprehensively evaluate imaging and other clinical findings as well as consider co-infection with other respiratory viruses.

Keywords: COVID-19; Co-infection; Influenza; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1
A: Clinical course of a patient with the SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus infection. B: Chest radiograph obtained during admission shows a bilateral reticular shadow. C, D: Computed tomography (CT) scan obtained during admission shows ground-glass opacity adjacent to the pleura. E: Chest radiograph obtained on the 8th day of admission showing a bilateral consolidation and a reticular shadow. F, G: CT scan obtained on the 8th day after admission shows consolidation. H: Chest radiograph obtained before discharge shows an improvement of the previously noted consolidation. I, J: CT scan obtained before discharge shows an improved consolidation.
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