Prolonged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Delta Variant Shedding in a Patient With AIDS: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Date:
09/17/2022
Citation:
Peters JL, Fall A, Langerman SD, El Asmar M, Nakazawa M, Mustapha A, Tobian AAR, Mostafa HH, Blankson JN. Prolonged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Delta Variant Shedding in a Patient With AIDS: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 17;9(9):ofac479. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac479. PMID: 36193230; PMCID: PMC9494428.
Abstract
We describe the case of a patient with AIDS who had persistent infection with a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant for >80 days. The variant contained mutations that were not present in other Delta viruses in our hospital. Prolonged infection in immunosuppressed individuals may lead to evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages.