1. Anosmia and Dysgeusia in the Absence of Other Respiratory Diseases: Should COVID-19 Infection Be Considered?
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Yasmine Maouche, Aneska Syrovatkova, Jean Baptiste Chahbazian, Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz, Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar, Pierre Pertoldi, Zaida Cordoba Sosa, Noel Lorenzo Villalba, and Emmanuel Andrès
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Anosmia ,lcsh:Medicine ,Context (language use) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Epidemiology ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Respiratory system ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,COVID-19 ,Articles ,humanities ,Dysgeusia ,2019-nCoV ,dysgeusia ,medicine.symptom ,business ,anosmia ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We describe two elderly patients evaluated at emergency departments for anosmia/dysgeusia in the absence of any other respiratory symptoms prior to or upon admission. In the current epidemiological context, clinical and biological work-up led to a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, one of the patients died during hospitalization, but the other recovered and was discharged. LEARNING POINTS In the current epidemiological situation, anosmia and dysgeusia in the absence of other respiratory conditions should be carefully evaluated. Special attention should be given to patients with non-classic COVID-19 symptoms in order to reduce transmission and protect health providers
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- 2020