Our hospital encountered the first coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pneumonia death in Japan. Moreover, we prevented nosocomial infection by taking appropriate infection control measures, without a negative pressure chamber. The patient was an 82-year-old woman who had no history of traveling to Wuhan or any direct contact with individuals who had been to Wuhan. Our patient had a seven-day history of fatigue, sudden fever, and hypoxemia. Chest computerized tomography images revealed peripheral ground-glass opacities in her lungs. A diagnostic COVID-19 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The patient did not respond to any treatment and died 13 days after admission. The possibility of COVID-19 in a patient must always be considered, especially in the current scenario, to prevent nosocomial infection from spreading.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, COVID-19 pneumonia, Nosocomial infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome [ards], negative pressure chamber, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, infection control, coronavirus, fatigue, Pneumonia, hospital, diagnostic, RT-PCR, ground-glass opacity, Measures, Chest computerized tomography, Lungs, Fever, Hypoxemia, Wuhan, Patient, death, Japan, Admission, Analysis, Contact, acute respiratory syndrome, individual, positive, Prevent, polymerase chain, died, prevented, had no, respond, 【제목키워드】 Japan, report,