Case Report of COVID-19 and Pneumocystis coinfection in a pediatric patient with a history of receiving high dose steroid therapy

Sun Oh Yum; Hwanhee Park; Esther Park

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23477

Case Report of COVID-19 and Pneumocystis coinfection in a pediatric patient with a history of receiving high dose steroid therapy

Sun Oh Yum
, Hwanhee Park
, Esther Park^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

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Abstract

We report the first case of a critically ill pediatric patient coinfected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP). Instances of coinfection of COVID-19 and PCP are being increasingly reported as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Because the combination can be life-threatening, timely diagnosis and treatment for PCP is necessary in cases where an immunocompromised patient contracts COVID-19.

Original language	English
Article number	e23477
Journal	Heliyon
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23477
State	Published - 2024.01.15

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Keywords

Coinfection
Coronaviurs disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Corticosteroids
Immunocompromised children
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
SARS-CoV-2

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Case Report of COVID-19 and Pneumocystis coinfection in a pediatric patient with a history of receiving high dose steroid therapy

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