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Title: | Features of Covid-19 patients detected during community screening: A study from a rural hospital in Sri Lanka. |
Authors: | Senanayake, A.P. Indrakantha, D. Sumathipala, S. Wanigasuriya, K. Kularathne, S. Lekamwasam, S. Jayasinghe, S. de Silva, H.J. Siribaddana, S. |
Keywords: | COVID-19 |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | The Sri Lanka Medical Association. |
Citation: | Ceylon Medical Journal.2020; 65(3): 67–69. |
Abstract: | ABSTRACT: We studied the clinical course and virus shedding of all patients referred to Welikanda Hospital, in one month. There were 53 positives for Covid-19 by PCR. 24 (45%) were male, with an age range of 11-94 years. Of these, 41 (77%) were asymptomatic, 9 had cough, 4 had sore throat and six had fever. Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and capillary oxygen were normal in all. A proportion of them had poor prognostic factors: asthma (n=4), hypertension (n=11), age above 60 years (n=9), and diabetes (n=11). Lymphopenia was seen in 20 and elevated CRP in 14. Viral shedding continued beyond 14 days in several persons and continued in symptomatic patients for a significantly longer time than asymptomatic patients. Covid-19 was an asymptomatic or mild illness in this group of people. Several of them continued to be RT-PCR positive even after 14 days. Such cases are an important source of community spread. |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21628 |
ISSN: | 2386-1274 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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