SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and Chest CT, two complementary approaches for COVID-19 diagnosis

Jpn J Radiol. 2020 Dec;38(12):1209-1210. doi: 10.1007/s11604-020-01016-1. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Authors

Eric Farfour¹, François Mellot², Philippe Lesprit³, Marc Vasse³; SARS-CoV-2 Foch hospital study group

Affiliations

¹ Service de Biologie Clinique, Hôpital Foch, 40 rue Worth, 92 150, Suresnes, France. ericf6598@yahoo.fr.
² Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Foch, 40 rue Worth, 92 150, Suresnes, France.
³ Service de Biologie Clinique, Hôpital Foch, 40 rue Worth, 92 150, Suresnes, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Chest CT; Infection prevention and control (IPC); RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
China
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Retrospective Studies
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*