Zeitschrift für Infektionskrankheiten und Therapie

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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: Prognostic Marker in COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients

Chris Mehdizadeh*, Prashila Amatya, Parash Bhakta and Femina Patel

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) began in late 2019 as a highly transmissible, infectious viral illness caused by the pathogen SARS-CoV-2. The related viral disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has been around since early 2003 and presents as mild to moderate Upper Respiratory Illness (URI) progressing to Lower Respiratory Illness (LRI). Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, uncommon presentations of disease are becoming more prevalent. Pneumomediastinum, a rare condition in which air is trapped in the mediastinum, was clinically examined during a case of COVID-19 in a 56-year-old patient.