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

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Journal: Infection
[저자] Kevin Bouiller, Sébastien Humbert, Camille Payet-Revest, Anne-Sophie Brunel, Adrien Mareshal, Quentin Lepiller, Franck Grillet, Catherine Chirouze
[Category] MERS, SARS,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.1007/s15010-020-01467-8    
[Article Type] Case Report
[Source] PMC

Abstract
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: COVID-19; CT scan; Coronavirus; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; SARS-CoV2.

All Keywords
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV2, CT scan, Mycoplasma pneumoniae,