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Pathologistfag here

I would not agree that this means the test is "flawed". This is a fairly standard disclaimer. It is known that bacterial and viral co-infection is common. A single test for covid does not rule this out. We currently have a patient in our hospital who had a positive covid test but has symptoms of bacterial pneumonia. He has had other testing that showed methicillin resistant staph aureus and psuedomonas.

You are correct that he will likely be listed as a coronavirus patient, and this may not be the real cause of his symptoms.

So far this is our only coronavirus pt; I will post if we have a pt dx with coronavirus that seems to fit viral pneumonia without coexistence of bacterial infection or flu.