Mahros, A., Emara, M., Ahmed, M., Radwan, M., Elbatee, H. (2021). Swab me, I am Infected!. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 11(1), 88-95. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.48246.1113
Aya M Mahros; Mohamed Hassan Emara; Mohammed H Ahmed; Mohamed Said Radwan; Hassan E Elbatee. "Swab me, I am Infected!". Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 11, 1, 2021, 88-95. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.48246.1113
Mahros, A., Emara, M., Ahmed, M., Radwan, M., Elbatee, H. (2021). 'Swab me, I am Infected!', Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 11(1), pp. 88-95. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.48246.1113
Mahros, A., Emara, M., Ahmed, M., Radwan, M., Elbatee, H. Swab me, I am Infected!. Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2021; 11(1): 88-95. doi: 10.21608/aeji.2020.48246.1113
Department of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelshiekh University, Kafrelshiekh, Egypt
Abstract
In the late December 2019 an outbreak of a novel coronavirus termed as SARS- CoV-2 has emerged in Wuhan city, China then spread worldwide to cause serious life threatening pandemic that seriously affect the economics and daily life. The classical picture of COVID-19 is described as fever, cough and dyspnea. However, different atypical presentations have been described in the literature. We confronted by a patient 49 years old without respiratory manifestation who sought medical advice for swabbing for COVID-19, with refusal from the local governmental center for swabbing, two days later, the patient become dyspneic, desaturated with positive COVID-19 swab. We recommend that care givers should not wait the full typical respiratory manifestations of COVID-19.We also realize that there is a big shortage in swabbing and examination tools especially in the developing countries like ours, however, caregivers in swabbing center should have a high index of suspicion with patients who have persistent symptoms.
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