New-onset anosmia and ageusia in adult patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the prevalence of anosmia and ageusia in adult patients with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of infection with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Methods

This was a retrospective observational analysis of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 admitted to hospital or managed in the community and their household contacts across a London population during the period March 1st to April 1st, 2020. Symptomatology and duration were extracted from routinely collected clinical data and follow-up telephone consultations. Descriptive statistics were used.

Results

Of 386 patients, 141 (92 community patients, 49 discharged inpatients) were included for analysis; 77/141 (55%) reported anosmia and ageusia, nine reported onl

SUBMITTER: Patel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature