Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Findings from Autopsy of Patient with COVID-19, Japan
Autor: | Takuya Adachi, Ja-Mun Chong, Noriko Nakajima, Masahiro Sano, Jun Yamazaki, Ippei Miyamoto, Haruka Nishioka, Hidetaka Akita, Yuko Sato, Michiyo Kataoka, Harutaka Katano, Minoru Tobiume, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kentaro Itokawa, Makoto Kuroda, Tadaki Suzuki |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2157-2161 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid2609.201353 |
Popis: | An autopsy of a patient in Japan with coronavirus disease indicated pneumonia lung pathology, manifested as diffuse alveolar damage. We detected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen in alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages. Coronavirus disease is essentially a lower respiratory tract disease characterized by direct viral injury of alveolar epithelial cells. |
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