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Clinical Characteristics of Foreign-Imported COVID-19 Cases in Xi’an, China
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Zhang, Li Liu, Minjie Li, Jianying Li, Xiaoli Cheng, Li Ji, Yahong Li, Na Wang, Junning |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Background: Effective management of foreign-imported COVID-19 cases is a new and great challenge for China. Our study focused on the foreign-imported COVID-19 cases to provide detailed data for insights into the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and control of imported COVID-19. Methods: For this observational and retrospective study, we investigated the clinical characteristics of imported COVID-19 cases that were confirmed by real-time RT-PCR in the Xi'an Public Health Center from 29 March 2020 to 31 August 2020. Results: Of the 79 patients with COVID-19, 19 (24.1%) had exposure to confirmed COVID-19 patients, 15 (19.0%) had exposure to suspicious COVID-19 patients, and 45 (56.9%) had an unclear history of exposure to confirmed patients. The mean age of the patients was 38 years, and 70 (88.7%) patients were male. Except for 2 severe cases, the remaining 58 (73.4%) cases displayed mild or moderate symptoms, and 19 (24.2%) infected patients were asymptomatic. Twenty-one (26.6%) patients were not diagnosed until a third or later nucleic acid test. Ten (12.7%) patients had chronic diseases. The most common manifestations of the patients were cough [18 (22.8%) cases], fever [9 (11.4%) cases] and sore throat [9 (11.4%) cases]. Forty-one (51.9%) cases showed abnormal chest CT images, To date, all patients have been discharged, and no patient has died. Conclusion: The imported COVID-19 cases in Xi'an were mainly young and middle-aged adults with mild or moderate symptoms who had a low rate of comorbidity, showed favourable laboratory and chest CT images, and had a better prognosis. Notably, for suspected COVID-19 cases, at least three consecutive nucleic acid tests should be carried out to avoid missed detection of infected patients. Except for severe cases, high-level medical resources are not necessary in most cases. |
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| Ending Page | 2078 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 2069 |
| ISSN | 11787074 |
| DOI | 10.2147/ijgm.s315159 |
| Journal | International journal of general medicine |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Womens Studies Covid-19 Sars-cov-2 Clinical Characteristics Foreign-imported Cases Pneumonia |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
