Diarrhoea: An Atypical Presentation of COVID-19

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2020 Jun;30(6):40-42. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.Supp1.S40.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a viral pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease started as an epidemic in China in December 2019 that later achieved a pandemic potential spreading to over 210 countries with more than 3.5 million confirmed cases and close to 250,000 deaths till date. Its symptoms most commonly include, dry cough, fever, myalgia, and fatigue. As the number of new cases keeps on rising, many patients have been documented with gastrointestinal manifestations such as diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain. We report a case of a 23-year-old female who presented with the primary complaint of diarrhoea, after positive contact history with a COVID-19 patient. Key Words: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Pneumonia, ARDS, Diarrhoea.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus / genetics
  • Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Cough / etiology
  • Diarrhea / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Azithromycin