All That Coughs Is Not COVID
Cureus
; 14(12), 2022.
Article
in English
| EuropePMC | ID: covidwho-2169356
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a woman from the Bronx, New York, who presented to the emergency department (ED) in June 2020 with a febrile respiratory illness resembling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but was ultimately diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease (LD). New York City (NYC) rapidly became an epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In the years since the pandemic started, variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have recurred in multiple waves and remain an important cause of viral respiratory illness. The bacteria Legionella pneumophila is often under-recognized as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia, yet it recurs each year in clusters, outbreaks, or as sporadic infections. Pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 and Legionella can present similarly and may not be readily distinguished in the absence of diagnostic testing.
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EuropePMC
Language:
English
Journal:
Cureus
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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