Concurrent Infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Orientia tsutsugamushi during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Maldives.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic was the worst public-health crisis in recent history. The impact of the pandemic in tropical regions was further complicated by other endemic tropical diseases, which can cause concurrent infections along with COVID-19. Here, we describe the clinical course of a patient with concurrent COVID-19 and scrub typhus infection. The patient's de-identified clinical data were retrieved retrospectively. The patient had progressive breathlessness at the time of presentation and was hospitalized for COVID-19. Respiratory examination revealed dyspnea, tachypnea, and coarse crepitations bilaterally over the entire lung field. Oxygenation was impaired, and a PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio of 229 suggested acute respiratory distress syndrome. Laboratory tests indicated leukoc

SUBMITTER: Dey RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9959419 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature