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First case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in Taiwan

An outbreak of respiratory illness proved to be infected by a 2019 novel coronavirus, officially named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), was notified first in Wuhan, China, and has spread rapidly in China and to other parts of the world. Herein, we reported the first confirmed case of novel coron...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Shao-Chung, Chang, Yuan-Chia, Fan Chiang, Yu-Long, Chien, Yu-Chan, Cheng, Mingte, Yang, Chin-Hua, Huang, Chia-Husn, Hsu, Yuan-Nian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32113824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2020.02.007
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Sumario:An outbreak of respiratory illness proved to be infected by a 2019 novel coronavirus, officially named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), was notified first in Wuhan, China, and has spread rapidly in China and to other parts of the world. Herein, we reported the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) imported from China in Taiwan. This case report revealed a natural course of NCP with self-recovery, which may be a good example in comparison with medical treatments.