Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore

Abstract

Among the first 18 patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Singapore, clinical presentation was frequently a mild respiratory tract infection. Some patients required supplemental oxygen and had variable clinical outcomes following treatment with an antiretroviral agent.

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MedicineLopinavirTransmission (telecommunications)Internal medicinePneumoniaPediatricsEmergency medicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 323
Issue: 15
Pages: 1488-1488
Citations: 2189
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                                    Barnaby Edward Young, 
                                
                                    Sean Wei Xiang Ong, 
                                
                                    Shirin Kalimuddin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore. 
                            JAMA
                            , 323
                            (15)
                            , 1488-1488.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3204
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.3204