Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus 2 Interstitial Bilateral Pneumonia: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza
2020 Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences  
In December 2019, novel cases of pneumonia were reported for the 1st time in Wuhan, Hubei, China. A novel virus of the big family of coronavirus (COV) was identified as the pathogen, which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease is called COV Disease-19 and then SARS-COV 2. The infectious disease has spread worldwide with major number of patients in China, Italy, Spain, France, and the USA. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 a pandemic. Morbidity
more » ... and mortality of the disease cannot yet estimate but have already seen that lethality appears to be particularly higher in older patients. The aim of this article is to present a characteristic clinical picture as case report SARS-COV 2 pneumonia and to provide an overview of the existing literature.
doi:10.3889/oamjms.2020.4851 fatcat:szrkha7vuffrbkzahi45hi5kwm