Morphology of COVID-19–affected cells in peripheral blood film
Aminder Singh, Neena Sood, Vikram Narang, Abhishek Goyal
Abstract
A 55-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted with fever and cough. Chest X-ray and CT showed features of viral pneumonitis. Her nasopharyngeal swab was positive for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. Her complete blood
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