Flight of the COVID-19 patient: experience with a Wuhan evacuee: a case report.
J Med Case Rep
; 14(1): 66, 2020 Jun 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-593355
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 51-year-old Chinese woman who was evacuated from Wuhan, China and diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 infection at a Southern California quarantine facility. Her clinical course was notable for high fevers, night sweats, productive cough, transient leukopenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, and transaminitis. Evolving hypoxia and infiltrates on chest imaging warranted the trial of an investigational antiviral drug - remdesivir. Our patient recovered and was discharged after 2 weeks of hospitalization.CONCLUSIONS:
This case highlights our patient's clinical course, including diagnostic work-up, medical management, and challenges in defining non-infectivity in a relatively unknown disease.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Blood Cell Count
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Adenosine Monophosphate
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Coronavirus Infections
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Alanine
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Case Rep
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13256-020-02396-8
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