68 Consecutive patients assessed for COVID-19 infection; experience from a UK regional infectious disease unit
Nicholas Easom, Peter Moss, Gavin Barlow, Anda Samson, Tom Taynton, Kate Adams, Monica Ivan, Phillipa Burns, Kavitha Gajee, Kirstine Eastick, Patrick Lillie
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.29.20029462
Abstract
Clinical assessment of possible infection with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 respiratory illness, has been a major activity of infectious diseases services in the UK and elsewhere since the first report of cases in December 2019. We report our case series of 68 patients, reviewed by Infectious Diseases Consultants at a Regional Infectious Diseases Unit in the UK. We prospectively evaluated our service between the 29th Jan 2020 and 24th Feb 2020. Demographic, clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data were collected. We have compared clinical features and subsequent diagnosis between well patients not requiring admission for clinical reasons or antimicrobials with those assessed as needing either admission or antimicrobial treatment.
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