Pneumonia Due to Human Coronavirus OC43 in an Immunocompetent Adult Detected by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Intern Med
; 60(21): 3497-3501, 2021 Nov 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1572223
ABSTRACT
A 40-year-old woman developed a fever, sore throat, and cough. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was suspected; chest CT showed pan-lobular ground-glass opacity in the bilateral lower lobes suggesting viral pneumonia. Although a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test for COVID-19 using a nasopharyngeal swab was negative, she was hospitalized and isolated because COVID-19 could not be ruled out. After admission, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the FilmArray Respiratory Panel 2.1 from a nasopharyngeal swab was positive for human coronavirus (HCoV) OC43. Therefore, the diagnosis was pneumonia due to HCoV-OC43. Multiplex PCR is useful for differentiating pneumonia due to COVID-19 from that due to other viral pneumonias.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Coronavirus OC43, Human
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Intern Med
Journal subject:
Internal Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Internalmedicine.7450-21
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