Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Japan: A Single-Center Case Series
Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Japan: A Single-Center Case Series
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DOI：
10.1093/infdis/jiaa244
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发表时间：
2020-07-15
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Otsu, Satoko
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作者：
Kobayashi, Ken-ichiro;Kaki, Takahiro;Otsu, Satoko
我们报告了日本和歌山县 6 名确诊 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 患者的病例系列。 6名患者的咽拭子聚合酶链反应（PCR）检测结果全部呈阳性，且6名患者中的2人在发病3周后仍呈阳性。所有患者在计算机断层扫描 (Cr) 上均表现出双侧毛玻璃样混浊。本文还报告了直接从患者收集的症状谱的叙述信息。尽管 PCR 和 CT 可以明确诊断，但根据发烧和/或咳嗽的典型症状对 COVID-19 患者进行分类是很困难的。
We report a case series of 6 patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wakayama prefecture, Japan. All 6 of the patients tested positive via pharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and 2 of the 6 were still positive at 3 weeks after onset. All of the patients exhibited bilateral ground glass opacities on computed tomography (Cr). This article also reports narrative information on the spectrum of symptoms collected directly from the patients. It would be difficult to triage patients with COVID-19 based on the typical symptoms of fever and/or cough, although PCR and CT are definitive in diagnosis.