Co-infection of SARS CoV-2 and influenza A in a Pediatric Patient in
                    Germany

Goetz Wehl; Monika Laible; Markus Rauchenzauner

doi:10.1055/a-1163-7385

Klinische Pädiatrie, Table of Contents

Klin Padiatr 2020; 232(04): 217-218
DOI: 10.1055/a-1163-7385

Short Communication

Co-infection of SARS CoV-2 and influenza A in a Pediatric Patient in Germany

SARS CoV-2 und Influenza A-Ko-Infektion bei einem pädiatrischen Patienten in Deutschland

Authors

Goetz Wehl

¹Pediatrics, Kaufbeuren-Ostallgäu Hospital Group, Kaufbeuren, Germany
Monika Laible

¹Pediatrics, Kaufbeuren-Ostallgäu Hospital Group, Kaufbeuren, Germany
Markus Rauchenzauner

¹Pediatrics, Kaufbeuren-Ostallgäu Hospital Group, Kaufbeuren, Germany

²Pediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

Introduction

In December 2019 a novel coronavirus was firstly encountered in Wuhan/China with a massive outbreak of fatal pneumonia leading to a pandemic declared by the World Health Organization in March 2020 (WHO Dashboard COVID-19. [WHO web site]. Available from: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019), affecting mainly elderly adults with underlying co-morbidities. Clinical course in children below the age of 10 years is considered to be mild or even with subclinical signs (Sinha IP, Ha et al. The Lancet Respiratory medicine 2020;27;S2213–2600(20) 30152-1). We describe a 4 month old infant with co-infection of SARS CoV-2 and influenza A virus.

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