Chest CT-scan finding of asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective 542 patients’ single center study

Since asymptomatic infections as “covert transmitter”, and some patients can progress rapidly in the short term, it is essential to pay attention to the diagnosis and surveillance of asymptomatic patients with SARS-COV2 infection. CT scan has great value in screening and detecting patients with COVI...

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Autores principales: Achour, Asma, Dkhil, Oussema, Saad, Jamel, Abdelali, Mabrouk, Zrig, Ahmed, Hmida, Badii, Golli, Mondher, Maatouk, Mezri, Mnari, Walid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33014253
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.257.23632
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Sumario:Since asymptomatic infections as “covert transmitter”, and some patients can progress rapidly in the short term, it is essential to pay attention to the diagnosis and surveillance of asymptomatic patients with SARS-COV2 infection. CT scan has great value in screening and detecting patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, especially in the highly suspected or probable asymptomatic cases with negative RT-PCR for SARS-COV2. This study aimed to detect incidentally COVID-19 pneumonia on medical imaging for patients consulting for other reasons.

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