Open AccessCoinfection of disseminated cryptococcosis and BK Virus, a casualty of missed diagnosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Jéssica Louise Benelli,
Rossana Patrícia Basso,
Márcia de Lima Rodrigues,
Vanice Rodrigues Poester,
Lívia Silveira Munhoz,
Valério Rodrigues Aquino,
David A. Stevens,
Melissa Orzechowski Xavier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current medical mycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.369
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2423-3439
pISSN - 2423-3420
DOI - 10.18502/cmm.7.3.7802
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , coinfection , context (archaeology) , intensive care medicine , neglect , cryptococcosis , medical diagnosis , covid-19 , medical emergency , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , immunology , pathology , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , biology
Background and Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an overload of health services and healthcare professionals. The result is a setback in health promotion and prevention, delays in diagnosis, and deaths from other diseases that are currently receiving inadequate attention. This article illustrates the risk of this negligence.
Case report: This study aimed to report a case of coinfection of disseminated cryptococcosis and BK virus in a patient without a previous diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection and COVID-19 negative in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite receiving antifungal therapy, the patient died.
Conclusion: This fatal case is a warning regarding delay of diagnosis and neglect ofother serious illnesses owing to the current pandemic, including fungal diseases and neglected diagnoses.