Lung Pathology of Mutually Exclusive Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae #MMPMID33443011
Tsukamoto T; Nakajima N; Sakurai A; Nakajima M; Sakurai E; Sato Y; Takahashi K; Kanno T; Kataoka M; Katano H; Iwata M; Doi Y; Suzuki T
Emerg Infect Dis 2021[Mar]; 27 (3): 919-923 PMID33443011show ga
Postmortem lung pathology of a patient in Japan with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection showed diffuse alveolar damage as well as bronchopneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. The distribution of each pathogen and the accompanying histopathology suggested the infections progressed in a mutually exclusive manner within the lung, resulting in fatal respiratory failure.