Serial serum SARS-CoV-2 RNA results in two COVID-19 cases with severe respiratory failure

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading worldwide and poses an imminent threat to public health. We encountered 2 cases of COVID-19 with progression resulting in severe respiratory failure and improvement without any specific treatment. To examine the course of infection, we performed reverse-transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction assay with serum specimens, and serum SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in both cases when body temperature increased and respiratory status deteriorated. We, then examined, retrospectively and prospectively, the clinical course during hospitalization by performing serial examinations of serum SARS-CoV-2 RNA status. The findings from our cases suggest that not only is detection of viremia useful as a predictive marker of severity, but also serial serum SARS-CoV-2 RNA results can be helpful for predicting the clinical course.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 26(2020), 11 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 1220-1223

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kodama, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Kouzaki, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Kawano, Shuichi [VerfasserIn]
Obinata, Hirofumi [VerfasserIn]
Taniguchi, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Sasaki, Hisashi [VerfasserIn]
Ota, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]
Kawana, Akihiko [VerfasserIn]
Tamura, Kaku [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Case Reports
RNA, Viral
Serum SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Severe respiratory failure

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Date Completed 14.09.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jiac.2020.07.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313669228