《Nature,4月28日,Pathological evidence for residual SARS-CoV-2 in pulmonary tissues of a ready-for-discharge patient》

  • 来源专题:COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者: zhangmin
  • 发布时间:2020-04-29
  • Pathological evidence for residual SARS-CoV-2 in pulmonary tissues of a ready-for-discharge patient

    Xiao-Hong Yao, Zhi-Cheng He, Ting-Yuan Li, Hua-Rong Zhang, Yan Wang, Huaming Mou, Qiaonan Guo, Shi-Cang Yu, Yanqing Ding, Xindong Liu, Yi-Fang Ping & Xiu-Wu Bian

    Cell Research (2020)

    SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus and causing COVID-19, has given rise to a worldwide pandemic.1,2 So far, tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients have been clinically cured and discharged, but multiple COVID-19 cases showed SARS-CoV-2 positive again in discharged patients,3 which raises an attention for the discharged patients. Also, there is an urgent need to understand the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we conducted postmortem pathologic study in a ready-for-discharge COVID-19 patient who succumbed to sudden cardiovascular accident. Pathological examination revealed SARS-CoV-2-viruses remaining in pneumocytes and virus-caused pathological changes in the lungs. Our study provided new insights into SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and might facilitate the improvement of clinical guideline for virus containment and disease management.

  • 原文来源:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0318-5
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