Mimics and chameleons of COVID-19

Christian H. Nickel; R. Bingisser

doi:10.4414/smw.2020.20231

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Vol. 150 No. 1314 (2020)

Mimics and chameleons of COVID-19

Christian H. Nickel
R. Bingisser

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20231
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20231
Published: 23.03.2020

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Shi H Han X Jiang N Cao Y Alwalid O Gu J Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;S1473-3099(20)30086-4. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30086-4
Xie X Zhong Z Zhao W Zheng C Wang F Liu J. Chest CT for Typical 2019-nCoV Pneumonia: Relationship to Negative RT-PCR Testing. Radiology. 2020 Feb 12:200343 [Epub ahead of print]. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200343
Wang W Xu Y Gao R Lu R Han K Wu G Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens. JAMA. 2020 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3786
Nemec M Koller MT Nickel CH Maile S Winterhalder C Karrer C Patients presenting to the emergency department with non-specific complaints: the Basel Non-specific Complaints (BANC) study. Acad Emerg Med. 2010;17(3):284–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00658.x
Huff JS. Stroke mimics and chameleons. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2002;20(3):583–95. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0733-8627(02)00012-3
Salathé M Althaus CL Neher R Stringhini S Hodcroft E Fellay J COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20225. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20225
Battegay M Kuehl R Tschudin-Sutter S Hirsch HH Widmer AF Neher RA. 2019-novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate - a word of caution. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20203. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20203

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[1] Shi H Han X Jiang N Cao Y Alwalid O Gu J Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;S1473-3099(20)30086-4. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30086-4

[2] Xie X Zhong Z Zhao W Zheng C Wang F Liu J. Chest CT for Typical 2019-nCoV Pneumonia: Relationship to Negative RT-PCR Testing. Radiology. 2020 Feb 12:200343 [Epub ahead of print]. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200343

[3] Wang W Xu Y Gao R Lu R Han K Wu G Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens. JAMA. 2020 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3786

[4] Nemec M Koller MT Nickel CH Maile S Winterhalder C Karrer C Patients presenting to the emergency department with non-specific complaints: the Basel Non-specific Complaints (BANC) study. Acad Emerg Med. 2010;17(3):284–92. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00658.x

[5] Huff JS. Stroke mimics and chameleons. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2002;20(3):583–95. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0733-8627(02)00012-3

[6] Salathé M Althaus CL Neher R Stringhini S Hodcroft E Fellay J COVID-19 epidemic in Switzerland: on the importance of testing, contact tracing and isolation. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20225. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20225

[7] Battegay M Kuehl R Tschudin-Sutter S Hirsch HH Widmer AF Neher RA. 2019-novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate - a word of caution. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20203. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20203