Utility of CT scan in patients with initial negative PCR for SARS-CoV2: a report of three cases.

K. Bouiller,S. Humbert,C. Payet-Revest,Anne-Sophie Brunel,Adrien Mareshal,Q. Lepiller,Franck Grillet,Catherine Chirouze

Utility of CT scan in patients with initial negative PCR for SARS-CoV2: a report of three cases.

2020

K. Bouiller
S. Humbert
C. Payet-Revest
Anne-Sophie Brunel
Adrien Mareshal
Q. Lepiller
Franck Grillet
Catherine Chirouze

PCR-based viral RNA to confirm the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection has a sensitivity of around 70%. We report three cases of patients with negative initial PCR and CT scan lesions that led us to suspect COVID-19, but which one(s) are really COVID-19?

Keywords:

Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease 2019
Computed tomography
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Virology
Medicine
in patient
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
2019 20 coronavirus outbreak
viral rna

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