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Brief report of the first cured 2019-nCoV pneumonia patient in West China Hospital

Authors: En-Qiang Chen, Li-Chun Wang, Guang-Min Tang, Yao Yang, Min-Jin Wang, Rong Deng, Fang Chen, Meng-Lan Wang, Ya-Chao Tao, Ping Feng, Hong Tang

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 8/2020

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In December 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan has reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Though the detection of viral nucleic acid in respiratory tract and blood specimens is recommended for the evaluation basis for the existence or elimination of virus, and several antiviral agents and traditional Chinese medicine have been suggested for therapy [1], there are still many dilemmas in the diagnosis and individualized treatment. This report describes the clinical and laboratory characteristics of the first cured patient of 2019-nCoV infection confirmed in West China Hospital of Sichuan University. …

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Title: Brief report of the first cured 2019-nCoV pneumonia patient in West China Hospital
Authors: En-Qiang Chen
Li-Chun Wang
Guang-Min Tang
Yao Yang
Min-Jin Wang
Rong Deng
Fang Chen
Meng-Lan Wang
Ya-Chao Tao
Ping Feng
Hong Tang
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Expectoration
Glucocorticoid
Pneumonia
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-020-03866-z

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