Mahdie Fatollahzade¹, Arezoo Asadi², Afshin Davari³, Abolfazl Fateh⁴, Ashraf Mohabbati Mobarez⁵ and Hamid Pajavand⁵*

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Ali Hospital Komijan, Arake University of Medical Sciences, Arak, IR Iran
²Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences,Iran University, Tehran, Iran
³Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴Pasteur Institute of Iran, Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Tehran, Iran
⁵Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Hamid Pajavand, Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: February 22, 2021; Published: June 12, 2021

Citation: Hamid Pajavand., et al. “Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Couple Patients Co-Infected with Untreated HIV". Acta Scientific Microbiology 4.6 (2021): 25.

Abstract

In 2019/2020, the prevalence and pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) would challenge global health for the future. This study reports a patient couple with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) co-infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with low CD4+ T-cell count, who had not previously taken antiretroviral therapy.

Keywords: Covid-19; HIV; Co-Infection; Antiretroviral Therapy; Viral Pneumonia

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