Discordance Between Radiologic Findings and Molecular Testing in Patients With Underlying Hematologic Malignancy and Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Open Forum Infect Dis
; 7(9): ofaa372, 2020 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32995351
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with severe disease in patients with hematologic malignancy. We report a series of patients with underlying hematologic malignancy and coronavirus disease of 2019 with discrepancy between radiographic findings and molecular testing. Initial chest x-ray findings should raise suspicion in immunosuppressed patients with typical clinical presentation even with negative initial testing.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Open Forum Infect Dis
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States