Clinical Progression of COVID-19 Patient with Extended Incubation Period, Delayed RT-PCR Time-to-positivity, and Potential Role of Chest CT-scan

Authors

  • Erlina Burhan Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Prasenohadi Prasenohadi Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Rita Rogayah Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Fathiyah Isbaniyah Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Tina Reisa Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Ibrahim Dharmawan Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS, COV-2-

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), previously called 2019-nCoV, is a novel disease caused by SARS- CoV-2 which was first identified as outbreak of unknown respiratory illness in Wuhan, China. COVID- 19 was declared as global health emergency by WHO on March 11, 2020 and quickly elevated to global pandemic on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 symptom is highly various in each patient, with fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, and cough as the main presenting symptoms. Patient with COVID-19 may shows severe symptom with severe pneumonia and ARDS, mild symptom resembling simple upper respiration tract infection, or even completely asymptomatic. Approximately 80% of cases is mild. However the number may changes as more people are getting tested. Some experts are estimating that up to 50% of all cases may be asymptomatic carrier.

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Published

2020-04-14

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Burhan, E., Prasenohadi, P., Rogayah, R., Isbaniyah, F., Reisa, T., & Dharmawan, I. (2020). Clinical Progression of COVID-19 Patient with Extended Incubation Period, Delayed RT-PCR Time-to-positivity, and Potential Role of Chest CT-scan. Acta Medica Indonesiana, 52(1), 80. Retrieved from https://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/1432

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Vol. 52 No. 1 (2020): Acta Medica Indonesiana

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MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

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