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Abstract
Diagnostic Imaging
A case of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia
Osamu Honjo Toyohiro Saikai Hirotsugu Takabatake Akihisa Fujita Hiroyuki Koba
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sapporo Minami-Sanjo Hospital
ABSTRACT
A man in his forties visited our outpatient clinic having had 24 hours of fever, sore throat, and muscle pain. He had no travel history. The use of antipyretics did not improve symptoms, except to reduce the fever to intermittent. Five days later, chest computed tomography (CT) showed peripheral ground-glass opacities in both lungs. We strongly suspected coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19). His throat swabs and sputum were submitted to the public health center. The next day, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was admitted to another hospital designated for the treatment of infectious diseases.
KEYWORDS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Received 21 Feb 2020 ／ Accepted 6 Mar 2020
AJRS, 9(3): 227-231, 2020
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