Interest of the thoracic scanner in the diagnosis of COVID-19: study of 35 cases in the Republic of Guinea.

Autor:	Atakla HG; Neurology Department, Ignace Deen University Hospital Center, Conakry, Guinea., Condé K; Neurology Department, Ignace Deen University Hospital Center, Conakry, Guinea., Noudohounsi MMUD; Public Health Physician, Research Project Manager, Brazzaville, Congo., Dongmo MSS; Pneumology Department, Ignace Deen University Hospital Center, Conakry, Guinea., Garba AH; Pneumology Department, Ignace Deen University Hospital Center, Conakry, Guinea., Houinato DS; Neurology Department, Hubert Koutoukou Maga University Hospital Center, Cotonou, Benin., Cissé FA; Neurology Department, Ignace Deen University Hospital Center, Conakry, Guinea.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2020 Aug 05; Vol. 35 (Suppl 2), pp. 133. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 05 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.133.24549
Abstrakt:	Introduction: the aim of this work is to evaluate the contribution of thoracic computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Guinea. Methods: this was a retrospective study with data recorded over a 2 Month period. Records of patients who tested positive on chest CT without contrast injection on admission were included in this study. Not included are those who did or did not perform a chest CT scan after confirmation of the diagnosis by RT-PCR. The data were collected under the direction of the National Health Security Agency (ANSS) and analysed using STATA/SE version 11.2 software. Results: all patients tested performed a chest CT scan without contrast injection while awaiting the RT-PCR test result. Eighty percent (80%) of patients had lesions characteristic of COVID-19 viral pneumonia on chest CT. The reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) test was later positive in 33 patients (94.28%) and negative in 2 (5.71%). Conclusion: it is noted from this study that chest computed tomography is a critical tool in the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Its systematization in all patients suspected in our dispute, would facilitate diagnosis while waiting for confirmation by RT-PCR and would limit the loss of cases. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interests. (Copyright: Hugues Ghislain Atakla et al.)
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