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Clinical features and outcomes of seven patients with COVID-19 in a family cluster.
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BMC Infectious Diseases . 9/3/2020, Vol. 20 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>The family cluster is one of most important modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission throughout China, and more details are needed about how family clusters cause the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We retrospectively reviewed 7 confirmed cases from one family cluster. Both clinical features and laboratory examination results were described. Patient 1 had been in close contact with someone who was later confirmed to have COVID-19 in Wuhan City before he returned back to his hometown. He had dinner with 6 other members in his family. All the persons developed COVID-19 successively except for one older woman who neither had dinner with them nor shared a sleeping room with her husband. Six patients had mild or moderate COVID-19 but one older man with underlying diseases progressed into the severe type. After general and symptomatic treatments, all the patients recovered.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>In a family cluster, having dinner together may be an important mode for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. In this setting, most cases are mild with a favorable prognosis, while elderly patients with underlying diseases may progress into the severe type. For someone who has close contact with a confirmed case, 14-day isolation is necessary to contain virus transmission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19
*SARS-CoV-2
*PATIENT-family relations
*OLDER patients
*OLDER women
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712334
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145491583
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05364-1