Featuring COVID-19 cases via screening symptomatic patients with epidemiologic link during flu season in a medical center of central Taiwan

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2020.03.008

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Title:	Featuring COVID-19 cases via screening symptomatic patients with epidemiologic link during flu season in a medical center of central Taiwan
Authors:	Hsih, WH;Cheng, MY;Ho, MW;Chou, CH;Lin, PC;Chi, CY;Liao, WC;Chen, CY;Leong, LY;Tien, N;Lai, HC;Lai, YC;Lu, MC
Keywords:	COVID-19;SARS-CO-V-2;FilmArray (TM) Respiratory Panel
Date:	2020
Issue Date:	2022-08-09T08:04:18Z (UTC)
Publisher:	ELSEVIER TAIWAN
ISSN:	1684-1182
Abstract:	Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CO-V-2), was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China has now rapidly spread over 50 countries. For the prevention and control of infection, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control initiated testing of SARS-CoV-2 on January 24th 2020 for persons suspected with this disease. Until February 28th, 43 flu-like symptomatic patients were screened in China Medical University Hospital. Methods: Two patients were confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection by rRT-PCR as COVID-19 patients A and B. Causative pathogens for included patients were detected using FilmArray(TM) Respiratory Panel. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical presentations, laboratory data, radiologic findings, and travel and exposure contact histories, of the COVID-19 patients in comparison to those with other respiratory infections. Results: Through contact with Taiwan No. 19 case patient on 27th January, COVID-19 patients A and B were infected. Both patients had no identified comorbidities and developed mild illness with temporal fever, persistent cough, and lung interstitial infiltrates. Owing to the persistence of positive SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimen, the two COVID-19 patients are still in the isolation rooms despite recovery until 10th of March. The results of FilmArray(TM) Respiratory Panel revealed 22 of the 41 non-COVID-19 patients were infected by particular pathogens. In general, seasonal respiratory pathogens are more prevalent than SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic patients in non- COVID-19 endemic area during the flu season. Since all patients shared similar clinical and laboratory findings, expanded surveillance of detailed exposure history for suspected patients and application of rapid detection tools are highly recommended. Copyright (C) 2020, Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC.
URI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2020.03.008 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000538151000022 https://ir.csmu.edu.tw:8080/handle/310902500/24557
Relation:	JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION ,2020 ,v53 ,issue 3 ,p459-466
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