Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a paucisymptomatic patient: epidemiological and clinical challenge in settings with limited community transmission, Italy, February 2020

Data concerning the transmission of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in paucisymptomatic patients are lacking. We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of coronavirus disease 2019 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case was detected u...

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Autores principales: Nicastri, Emanuele, D’Abramo, Alessandra, Faggioni, Giovanni, De Santis, Riccardo, Mariano, Andrea, Lepore, Luciana, Molinari, Filippo, Petralito, Giancarlo, Fillo, Silvia, Munzi, Diego, Corpolongo, Angela, Bordi, Licia, Carletti, Fabrizio, Castiletti, Concetta, Colavita, Francesca, Lalle, Eleonora, Bevilacqua, Nazario, Giancola, Maria Letizia, Scorzolini, Laura, Lanini, Simone, Palazzolo, Claudia, De Domenico, Angelo, Spinelli, Maria Anna, Scognamiglio, Paola, Piredda, Paolo, Iacomino, Raffaele, Mone, Andrea, Puro, Vincenzo, Petrosillo, Nicola, Battistini, Antonio, Vairo, Francesco, Lista, Florigio, Ippolito, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7096776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209164
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000230
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Sumario:Data concerning the transmission of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in paucisymptomatic patients are lacking. We report an Italian paucisymptomatic case of coronavirus disease 2019 with multiple biological samples positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case was detected using the World Health Organization protocol on cases and contact investigation. Current discharge criteria and the impact of extra-pulmonary SARS-CoV-2 samples are discussed.

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