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Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To study the clinical characteristics of patients in Zhejiang province, China, infected with the 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-2019). DESIGN:Retrospective case series. SETTING:Seven hospitals in Zhejiang province, China. PARTICIPANTS:62 patients admitted to hospital with laboratory confirmed SARS-Cov-2 infection. Data were collected from 10 January 2020 to 26 January 2020. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Clinical data, collected using a standardised case report form, such as temperature, history of exposure, incubation period. If information was not clear, the working group in Hangzhou contacted the doctor responsible for treating the patient for clarification. RESULTS:Of the 62 patients studied (median age 41 years), only one was admitted to an intensive care unit, and no patients died during the study. According to research, none of the infected patients in Zhejiang province were ever exposed to the Huanan seafood market, the original source of the virus; all studied cases were infected by human to human transmission. The most common symptoms at onset of illness were fever in 48 (77%) patients, cough in 50 (81%), expectoration in 35 (56%), headache in 21 (34%), myalgia or fatigue in 32 (52%), diarrhoea in 3 (8%), and haemoptysis in 2 (3%). Only two patients (3%) developed shortness of breath on admission. The median time from exposure to onset of illness was 4 days (interquartile range 3-5 days), and from onset of symptoms to first hospital admission was 2 (1-4) days. CONCLUSION:As of early February 2020, compared with patients initially infected with SARS-Cov-2 in Wuhan, the symptoms of patients in Zhejiang province are relatively mild.

SUBMITTER: Xu XW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224340 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Clinical findings in a group of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) outside of Wuhan, China: retrospective case series.

Xu Xiao-Wei XW   Wu Xiao-Xin XX   Jiang Xian-Gao XG   Xu Kai-Jin KJ   Ying Ling-Jun LJ   Ma Chun-Lian CL   Li Shi-Bo SB   Wang Hua-Ying HY   Zhang Sheng S   Gao Hai-Nv HN   Sheng Ji-Fang JF   Cai Hong-Liu HL   Qiu Yun-Qing YQ   Li Lan-Juan LJ  

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20200219


<h4>Objective</h4>To study the clinical characteristics of patients in Zhejiang province, China, infected with the 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-2019).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective case series.<h4>Setting</h4>Seven hospitals in Zhejiang province, China.<h4>Participants</h4>62 patients admitted to hospital with laboratory confirmed SARS-Cov-2 infection. Data were collected from 10 January 2020 to 26 January 2020.<h  ...[more]

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