Atypical presentation of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus in a Lebanese patient returning from Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 808-811

  El Zein, Saeed ^a   Khraibani, Jinane ^a   Zahreddine, Nada ^a   Mahfouz, Rami ^a   Ghosn, Nada ^b   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Atypical presentation; Lebanon; MERS CoV; Middle east respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY RATE; NEUTROPHIL; PLATELET COUNT; PULSE OXIMETRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LEBANON; PATHOGENICITY; SAUDI ARABIA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85055269513     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.9979     Document Type: Article

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