Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A co-infection in an Italian patient: Mini-review of the literature

Alessandra D'Abramo; Luciana Lepore; Claudia Palazzolo; Filippo Barreca; Giuseppina Liuzzi; Eleonora Lalle; Emanuele Nicastri

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.056

Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A co-infection in an Italian patient: Mini-review of the literature

Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Aug:97:236-239. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.056. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Authors

Alessandra D'Abramo¹, Luciana Lepore¹, Claudia Palazzolo², Filippo Barreca³, Giuseppina Liuzzi¹, Eleonora Lalle¹, Emanuele Nicastri¹

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', IRCCS, via Portuense 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
² National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani', IRCCS, via Portuense 292, 00149, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: claudia.palazzolo@inmi.i.
³ Clinical Infectious Diseases, Department of System Medicine, Tor Vergata University, viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A co-infection and a mini-review of the literature is reported. Even in COVID-19 epidemics, the early identification of concurrent respiratory pathogens is important to improve etiological diagnosis, preventive measures and patients' clinical management and outcome.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19 epidemic; Influenza A; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coinfection*
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Humans
Influenza, Human / complications*
Italy
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed