Open Access<p>A <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> Coinfection on a COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Breast Cancer Patient</p>
Author(s) -
Silvia Spoto,
Emanuele Valeriani,
Elisabetta Riva,
Marina De Cesaris,
Giuseppe Tonini,
Bruno Vincenzi,
Luciana Locorriere,
Giuseppina Beretta Anguissola,
Angelo Lauria Pantano,
Elisa Brando,
Sebastiano Costantino,
Massimo Ciccozzi,
Silvia Angeletti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s261760
Subject(s) - medicine , coinfection , respiratory failure , pneumonia , crackles , pancytopenia , staphylococcus aureus , atypical pneumonia , lung , surgery , gastroenterology , immunology , bone marrow , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , bacteria , genetics
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), due to severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), comprises a broad spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from flu-like syndrome to organ failure. The risk of coinfections is high and responsible for a worse prognosis, mainly in the case of bacterial involvement and in the presence of particular comorbidity. We present the clinical, laboratory, radiologic characteristic along with therapeutic management of a patient with COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus coinfection.