Chest imaging findings in COVID-19 patients: a case series from Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J
; 37: 39, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-946275
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 is a global pandemic ravaging the whole world with large numbers of reported cases globally. It is a highly-contagious novel infectious disease that causes inflammation in the respiratory system. Chest imaging is a useful adjunct for diagnosis, documenting the extent of disease as well as observation of changes and is thus, strongly recommended in suspected COVID-19 cases, for initial evaluation, differential diagnoses and follow-up. Description of typical imaging findings abound worldwide with a dearth of similar publications in sub-Saharan Africa. This series documents the chest imaging findings from a single facility of four cases between the ages of 38 and 60 who all tested positive for COVID-19 with real-time, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction of the nasopharyngeal swabs.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Lung
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Pan Afr Med J
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pamj.2020.37.39.25006
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