Anosmia and Dysgeusia in the Absence of Other Respiratory Diseases: Should COVID-19 Infection Be Considered?

Autor: Noel Lorenzo Villalba, Yasmine Maouche, Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz, Zaida Cordoba Sosa, Jean Baptiste Chahbazian, Aneska Syrovatkova, Pierre Pertoldi, Emmanuel Andres, Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2020_001641
Popis: We describe two elderly patients evaluated at emergency departments for anosmia/dysgeusia in the absence of any other respiratory symptoms prior to or upon admission. In the current epidemiological context, clinical and biological work-up led to a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, one of the patients died during hospitalization, but the other recovered and was discharged.
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