A Case of a COVID-19-positive Patient

Zohra R Malik; Zareen Razaq; Nassim Mokraoui; Tomasz Zrodlowski; Snehal Bansod

doi:10.7759/cureus.7608

A Case of a COVID-19-positive Patient

Cureus. 2020 Apr 9;12(4):e7608. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7608.

Authors

Zohra R Malik¹, Zareen Razaq², Nassim Mokraoui¹, Tomasz Zrodlowski¹, Snehal Bansod¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, USA.
² Internal Medicine, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, PAK.

Abstract

The coronavirus (COVID-19), discovered in 2019, has been creating havoc since it first emerged in China and is now spreading worldwide. Its presentation is somewhat similar to influenza. We hereby discuss the salient features of the coronavirus and present the case of a 33-year-old male who was tested positive for COVID-19.

Keywords: chills; chloroquine; coronavirus; cough; covid-19; fever; fibrosis; ground-glass opacity.

Publication types

Case Reports