Abstract:
Objectives: Our work assessed the prevalence of co-infections
in patients with SARS-CoV-2.
Methods: All patients hospitalized in a Parisian hospital
during the first wave of COVID-19 were tested by mPCR if they presented
ILI symptoms.
Results: A total of 806 patients (21%) were positive for
SARS-CoV-2, 755 (20%) were positive for other respiratory viruses.
Among the SARS-CoV-2 positive patients, 49 (6%) had viral
co-infections. They presented similar age, symptoms, except for fever
(p=0.013) and headaches (p=0.048), than single SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Conclusions: SARS-CoV-2 infected patients presenting viral
co-infections had similar clinical characteristics and prognosis than
patients solely infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Key words: SARS-CoV-2, viral co-infection, syndromic testing,
respiratory viruses