A sentinel COVID-19 case in Houston, Texas: Informing frontline emergency department screening and preparedness.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
; 1(2): 92-94, 2020 Apr.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-27131
ABSTRACT
In December 2019, a cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. A novel strain of coronavirus belonging to the same family of viruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) was identified. In February 2020, cases began being identified in the United States. We describe a sentinel COVID-19 patient in Houston, Texas, who first presented on March 1, 2020. The patient did not meet criteria for a Person Under Investigation (PUI) as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the time. This case has broad implications for emergency department screening and preparedness for COVID-19 and other future infectious diseases.
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J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
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2020
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