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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 3;13(2):e13113.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13113.

Coinfection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Bordetella bronchiseptica Pneumonia in a Renal Transplant Patient

Sandhya Nagarakanti  1 , Eliahu Bishburg  1
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Case Reports

Coinfection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Bordetella bronchiseptica Pneumonia in a Renal Transplant Patient

Sandhya Nagarakanti et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Bordetella species cause respiratory infections in both humans and animals. Bordetella bronchiseptica (B. bronchiseptica) infection is an uncommon pathogen in humans. The clinical spectrum of infections with SARS-CoV-2 includes viral pneumonia of variable severity, with some patients developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring mechanical ventilation support. Transplant patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection have high mortality. Bacterial coinfection, including pneumonia, have been described in patients with COVID-19. We present a renal transplant patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who developed B. bronchiseptica superinfection and had a rapid clinical and radiological response to azithromycin treatment.

Keywords: bordetella; covid-19; macrolide.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Chest X-ray showing bilateral infiltrates
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Figure 2. Chest X-ray showing improvement in infiltrates after treatment with azithromycin
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