Research Article

The BioFire® RP2.1 Panel Did Not Identify Concurrent Respiratory Virus Infection in Adults with Variable SARS-CoV-2 Disease Severity and Infection Duration

Table 2

COVID-19 severity and concurrent respiratory infections.

BioFire® testing
Disease severity# of individualsSARS-CoV-2 (+)Other respiratory pathogens (+)
Cohort 1 (n = 122)Cohort 21 (n = 23)Cohort 1Cohort 2Cohort 1Cohort 2

Asymptomatic6 (4.9%)9 (39.1%)3 (50.0%)8 (88.9%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Mild48 (39.3%)7 (30.4%)15 (31.3%)7 (100%)0 (0%)1 (14.3%)
Moderate33 (27.0%)6 (26.1%)22 (66.7%)6 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Severe35 (28.7%)1 (4.3%)27 (77.1%)1 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)

1Five individuals declined to complete the symptom survey.