Background: SARS-coronavirus-2 causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Materials & methods: We here report epidemiology; clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics; and outcomes of COVID-19 in 19 patients confirmed by reverse-transcriptase–PCR. Results: In 19 PCR-confirmed cases (median age 69 years; 63% males), the most common presentations were fever (79%), cough (79%) and fatigue (79%). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (47%), hypothyroidism (32%) and cardiac diseases (32%). All patients received symptomatic treatment. Ampicillin/sulbactam was prescribed for 50% of cases. Also, 13 (68.4%) recovered and discharged, 9 (47.3%) needed intensive care unit admission and 4 (21.1%) cases died Conclusion: The included cases had variable clinical outcomes following supportive and antibiotic treatments. These findings may contribute to development of more effective strategies for infection control.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, pandemic, Infection, PCR, Germany, outbreak, respiratory, retrospective, 【초록키워드】 infection control, intensive care, fatigue, Comorbidity, cough, hypertension, Laboratory, Clinical outcome, Coronavirus disease-19, Fever, Patient, Symptomatic treatment, cardiac disease, Hypothyroidism, PCR-confirmed, median age, material, antibiotic treatments, males, died, contribute, cause, discharged, effective strategy, 【제목키워드】 Clinical course, Patient, Retrospective analysis, feature,