Table 3.
Demographics and CT findings of the PCR-positive hospitalised group.
| Case | Age (years) |
Sex | Admission- onset interval (days) |
PCR-CT interval (days) |
Onset-CT interval (days) |
Symptom | Comorbidity | Concomitant infection | CT findings (RSNA category) |
CT findings (additional findings |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 50 | F | 44 | 0 | 0 | Hyperthermia | Thyrotoxic crisis, heart failure | Negative | – | Discharged on day 23 | |
| 16 | 65 | F | 7 | 12 | 12 | Hyperthermia | Femoral neck fracture, pH: ICH, heart failure, MRSA pneumonia | MRSA (sputum) | Indeterminate | Peribronchovascular distribution, insufficient inspiration | Tracheostomy on day 21, ongoing hospitalisation on day 50 |
| 17 | 71 | M | 35 | 1 | 4 | Hyperthermia | Ileus, after rectectomy for rectal cancer | Typical | Discharged on day 45 | ||
| 18 | 77 | F | 18 | 1 | 2 | Hyperthermia | Acute pancreatitis, cirrhosis | Indeterminate | Peribronchovascular distribution, atelectasis, pleural effusion | Death on day 19 | |
| 19 | 81 | F | 66 | 3 | 1 | Hyperthermia | ASO, DM | Normal flora (sputum) | Typical | Pulmonary fibrosis | Death on day 50 |
| 20 | 83 | M | -⁎ | 0 | -⁎ | Hyperthermia | Thoracic empyema | MRCoNS (sputum) | Indeterminate | Atelectasis, pleural effusion | Discharged on day 33 |
| 21 | 87 | F | 8 | 4 | 7 | Hyperthermia, cough | Rectal cancer (before surgery), ischaemic heart disease, BA, DM |
Serratia marcescens (sputum) |
Indeterminate | Peribronchovascular distribution, atelectasis, insufficient inspiration, pleural effusion | Discharged on day 40 |
CT, computed tomography; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RSNA, Radiological Society of North America; ICH, intracranial haemorrhage; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; ASO, arteriosclerosis obliterans; BA, bronchial asthma; DM, diabetes mellitus; MRCoNS, methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci.
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In case 20, because the hyperthermia caused by a pustule had continued from the time of admission, the hyperthermia caused by COVID-19 may have been masked, thus making it difficult to determine the date of onset.