COVID-19 in a tertiary hospital from Romania: Epidemiology, preparedness and clinical challenges

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 May-Jun:35:101662. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101662. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Authors

Corneliu Petru Popescu¹, Alexandru Marin², Violeta Melinte³, George Sebastian Gherlan³, Filofteia Cojanu Banicioiu², Adelina Dogaru², Sebastian Smadu², Ana Maria Veja², Elena Nedu², Delia Stanciu², Bianca Voinescu², Valentina Simion³, Andreea Toderan², Amalia Dascalu², Corina Oprisan², Gratiela Tardei², Maria Nica³, Emanoil Ceausu², Simona Maria Ruta⁴, Simin Aysel Florescu³

Affiliations

¹ Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania. Electronic address: cornel160@yahoo.com.
² Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
³ Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
⁴ Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus / genetics*
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Quarantine / methods
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Romania / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Tertiary Care Centers / organization & administration*
Travel
Young Adult