SARS‐CoV‐2 superinfection and reinfection with three different strains
Laura Pérez‐Lago, Martha Kestler, Pedro J. Sola‐Campoy, Cristina Rodríguez‐Grande, Rubén Francisco Flores‐García, Sergio Buenestado‐Serrano, Marta Herránz, Luís Alcalá, Carolina Martínez‐Laperche, Julia Suárez‐González, Pilar Catalán, Patricia Muñóz, Darı́o Garcı́a de Viedma, Gregorio Marañón Microbiology‐ID COVID 19 Study Group
Abstract
We report a corona virus disease (COVID-19) case with unprecedented viral complexity. In the first severe episode, two different severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains (superinfection) were identified within a week. Three months after discharge, the patient was readmitted and was infected in a nosocomial outbreak with a different strain, suffering a second milder COVID-19 episode.
Topics & Concepts
SuperinfectionOutbreakVirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirusCoronavirusMedicineCoronaviridaeStrain (injury)Pneumonia2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBiologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing