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Successful management of the first reported case in Austria of COVID-19 with ARDS

Authors: T. Seitz, W. Hoepler, L. Weseslindtner, J. H. Aberle, S. W. Aberle, E. Puchhammer-Stoeckl, S. Baumgartner, M. Traugott, M. Karolyi, E. Pawelka, I. Niculescu, E. Friese, S. Neuhold, D. Stahl, C. Madl, A. Zoufaly, C. Wenisch, H. Laferl

Published in: Infection | Issue 4/2020

Abstract

We report the successful management of a patient with severe respiratory failure due to COVID-19 admitted to an intensive care unit complicated by secondary catheter-related infection of Candida glabrata. We are discussing some of the clinical challenges and the pitfalls in molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, including the fact that a positive PCR result may not always reflect infectiousness.

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Title: Successful management of the first reported case in Austria of COVID-19 with ARDS
Authors: T. Seitz
W. Hoepler
L. Weseslindtner
J. H. Aberle
S. W. Aberle
E. Puchhammer-Stoeckl
S. Baumgartner
M. Traugott
M. Karolyi
E. Pawelka
I. Niculescu
E. Friese
S. Neuhold
D. Stahl
C. Madl
A. Zoufaly
C. Wenisch
H. Laferl
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: Infection / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01458-9

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