Different outcome of COVID-19 in members of a family

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2020 May 31;14(5):447-449. doi: 10.3855/jidc.12792.

Abstract

We report a family cluster of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in which three members of the family were exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at the same time, but the disease manifested differently among the three family members. We describe the clinical manifestations, disease progression, and treatment of wife and husband. We also analyze the daughter who was in close contact with patients with COVID-19 but was not infected.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; disease progression; treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed