COVID-19 Infection Negative in Nasopharyngeal Swabs but Suspected in Computed Tomography and Confirmed in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Material

Robert Chrzan; Tadeusz Popiela; Maciej Małecki; Jan Skupień; Amira Bryll; Anna Grochowska

doi:10.1155/2021/6627207

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2021)

COVID-19 Infection Negative in Nasopharyngeal Swabs but Suspected in Computed Tomography and Confirmed in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Material

Robert Chrzan,
Tadeusz Popiela,
Maciej Małecki,
Jan Skupień,
Amira Bryll,
Anna Grochowska

Affiliations

Robert Chrzan: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Radiology, Kraków, Poland
Tadeusz Popiela: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Radiology, Kraków, Poland
Maciej Małecki: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Kraków, Poland
Jan Skupień: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Kraków, Poland
Amira Bryll: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Radiology, Kraków, Poland
Anna Grochowska: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Radiology, Kraków, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6627207
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2021

Abstract

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We present a case of a patient with clinical symptoms of pneumonia, negative in several polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 tests from nasopharyngeal swabs but suspected in computed tomography and finally confirmed in bronchoalveolar lavage material.

Published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2090-6625 (Print); 2090-6633 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4806

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