More reliability of suspicious symptoms plus chest CT-scan than RT_PCR test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in an 18-days-old neonate | Zendy

Sepideh Mahdavi | Zendy; Amirhessam Kheirieh | Zendy; Salman Daliri | Zendy; Mohammad Hossein Kalantar | Zendy; Maryam Valikhani | Zendy; Ahmad Khosravi | Zendy; Mostafa Enayatrad | Zendy; Mohammad Hassan Emamian | Zendy; Reza Chaman | Zendy; Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf | Zendy

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More reliability of suspicious symptoms plus chest CT-scan than RT_PCR test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in an 18-days-old neonate

Author(s) -

Sepideh Mahdavi,

Amirhessam Kheirieh,

Salman Daliri,

Mohammad Hossein Kalantar,

Maryam Valikhani,

Ahmad Khosravi,

Mostafa Enayatrad,

Mohammad Hassan Emamian,

Reza Chaman,

Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

idcases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319

H-Index - 13

ISSN - 2214-2509

DOI - 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00905

Subject(s) - medicine , pcr test , covid-19 , test (biology) , pediatrics , family member , emergency medicine , polymerase chain reaction , family medicine , disease , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gene

The present study investigated an 18-days-old neonate who was referred to the hospital with suspected respiratory symptoms of COVID-19. Results of CT-Scan and blood tests were highly suspicious, but result of the first RT-PCR test was negative on March 1. The second RT-PCR test reported positive on March 12. The neonate's medical history indicated no close contact except with family members and hospital treatment staffs, but the RT-PCR test results of all family members were also negative.

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