• Matthew Flamenbaum and Jesse Roman.
• Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, 834 Walnut Street, Suite 650, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
• Am. J. Med. Sci. 2020 Dec 1; 360 (6): 728-732.

AbstractCoronaviruses are a well-known cause of upper and lower respiratory disease, and since 2002 have been a recognized source of potential pandemic spread. Over the past two decades, since the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, a large body of research has accumulated on the virology, clinical symptoms and signs, and experimental treatments of Coronaviruses. In 2020, a new form of Coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-2) emerged and spread rapidly throughout the globe. Given the wide-ranging clinical presentations of those infected with SARS-CoV-2, other viruses might be overlooked when evaluating at-risk patients. Furthermore, due to suboptimal testing capabilities, an early clinical diagnosis is not always possible. Here, we present a case of a patient with pneumonia thought to be caused by SARS-CoV-2 only to be found to have another Coronavirus. This emphasizes the need to be vigilant when evaluating patients with viral-like respiratory infections.Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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