2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taiwan: Reports of two cases from Wuhan, China

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 481-484

  Huang, Wei Hsuan ^a   Teng, Ling Chiao ^a   Yeh, Ting Kuang ^a   Chen, Yu Jen ^a   Lo, Wei Jung ^a   Wu, Ming Ju ^a   Chin, Chun Shih ^a   Tsan, Yu Tse ^a   Lin, Tzu Chieh ^a   Chai, Jyh Wen ^a   Lin, Chin Fu ^a   Tseng, Chien Hao ^a   Liu, Chia Wei ^a   Wu, Chi Mei ^a   Chen, Po Yen ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^a   Liu, Po Yu ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Emerging infectious diseases; Pneumonia; SARS CoV 2; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; BETACORONAVIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANDEMIC; PATHOLOGY; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, IMPORTED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 85080036716     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.02.009     Document Type: Article

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