ABSTRACT We report a 35-year-old female nurse who possibly received the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the blood sampling of a 35-year-old male patient initially suspected as a dengue infection. The patient had mild thrombocytopenia and positive dengue IgG and IgM whereas the clinicians were not aware of the possibility of false-positive dengue serology revealed in the published case report from Singapore. The nurse put on a pair of gloves but did not wear a mask during the only encounter with this patient. This nosocomial transmission raised a safety concern among healthcare professionals in an area with a relatively low Covid-19 prevalence, especially when the clinical and laboratory characteristics could be confused with other viral infections.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Personal protective equipment, Dengue, Nosocomial infection, 【초록키워드】 serology, nosocomial, Infection, Transmission, viral infections, Case report, Prevalence, male, female, Patient, Mild, laboratory characteristics, Singapore, Blood, False-positive, Healthcare professional, IgG and IgM, clinician, positive, raised, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, 【제목키워드】 Patient, Nurse,