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

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...

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Main Authors: Sepideh Mahdavi, Amirhessam Kheirieh, Salman Daliri, Mohammad Hossein Kalantar, Maryam Valikhani, Ahmad Khosravi, Mostafa Enayatrad, Mohammad Hassan Emamian, Reza Chaman, Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf
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Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302134
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author Sepideh Mahdavi
Amirhessam Kheirieh
Salman Daliri
Mohammad Hossein Kalantar
Maryam Valikhani
Ahmad Khosravi
Mostafa Enayatrad
Mohammad Hassan Emamian
Reza Chaman
Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf
author_facet Sepideh Mahdavi
Amirhessam Kheirieh
Salman Daliri
Mohammad Hossein Kalantar
Maryam Valikhani
Ahmad Khosravi
Mostafa Enayatrad
Mohammad Hassan Emamian
Reza Chaman
Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-7f6d6ea2f2a54b438bd2ef3e6cf0064d2022-12-21T20:15:31ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0121e00905More reliability of suspicious symptoms plus chest CT-scan than RT_PCR test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in an 18-days-old neonateSepideh Mahdavi0Amirhessam Kheirieh1Salman Daliri2Mohammad Hossein Kalantar3Maryam Valikhani4Ahmad Khosravi5Mostafa Enayatrad6Mohammad Hassan Emamian7Reza Chaman8Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf9Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranClinical Research Development Unit, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranImam Hossein Center for Education, Research and Treatment, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranCenter for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranClinical Research Development Unit, Bahar Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranOphthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran; Corresponding author.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302134CT-ScanRT-PCRCOVID-19NeonateIran
spellingShingle Sepideh Mahdavi
Amirhessam Kheirieh
Salman Daliri
Mohammad Hossein Kalantar
Maryam Valikhani
Ahmad Khosravi
Mostafa Enayatrad
Mohammad Hassan Emamian
Reza Chaman
Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf
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
IDCases
CT-Scan
RT-PCR
COVID-19
Neonate
Iran
title 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
title_full 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
title_fullStr 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
title_full_unstemmed 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
title_short 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
title_sort 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
topic CT-Scan
RT-PCR
COVID-19
Neonate
Iran
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920302134
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