2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Pneumonia
Peng Liu, Xian-Zheng Tan
Abstract
A 41-year-old woman with a travel history to Wuhan, China, where the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was spreading (1), presented with a 4-day history of fever.Laboratory examinations and chest radiographs were negative.Chest CT (Figure ) showed multifocal ground-glass opacities in the perihilar and subpleural regions of both lungs, a common finding of 2019-nCoV-infected pneumonia (2-5).A throat swab was positive for 2019-nCoV on the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay.The patient was immediately isolated for clinical monitoring.Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest: P.L. disclosed no relevant relationships.X.T.
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PneumoniaCoronavirusGround-glass opacity2019-20 coronavirus outbreakRadiographyNuclear medicineRadiologyVirologyPathologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDiseaseCancerAdenocarcinomaCOVID-19 diagnosis using AICOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesDermatological and COVID-19 studies