A case of primary COVID-19 pneumonia: plausible airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The different clinical manifestations, from none to severe, and the variability in efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by upper respiratory tract testing, make diagnosis of COVID-19 and prevention of transmission especially challenging. In addition, the ways by which the virus can most efficiently transmit still remain unclear.

Case presentation

We report the case a 48-year-old man who presents primary COVID-19 pneumonia. He was initially admitted for cholecystitis but, upon review of his abdominal CT scan, a segmental zone of ground glass opacity was identified in the right lower lobe. A bronchoalveolar lavage proved positive to SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR, even if he tested negative by oro-nasopharyngeal swab at admission and the day after he underwent bronchoscopy. The

SUBMITTER: Dumont-Leblond N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977185 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature