Author: Ting, Frederic Ivan; Sacdalan, Danielle Benedict; Cortez, Jana Laine; Pacana, Ma. Alfina Diana; Jimeno, Cecilia
Title: COVID-19 in Cancer Patients Can Be Challenging to Screen in a Resource Limited Setting Cord-id: yq9wegaz Document date: 2020_9_29
ID: yq9wegaz
Snippet: During this COVID-19 pandemic, patients with symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, coryza were advised to have RT-PCR testing for SARS-COV2 infection. We described here an elderly patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, who presented with atypical symptoms that were not directly attributable to COVID-19. This patient was admitted to the non-COVID-19 ward for supportive care. Later, her chest x-ray revealed pneumonia that was confirmed to be COVID-19 by RT-PCR testing several days later.
Document: During this COVID-19 pandemic, patients with symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, coryza were advised to have RT-PCR testing for SARS-COV2 infection. We described here an elderly patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, who presented with atypical symptoms that were not directly attributable to COVID-19. This patient was admitted to the non-COVID-19 ward for supportive care. Later, her chest x-ray revealed pneumonia that was confirmed to be COVID-19 by RT-PCR testing several days later. In resource-poor settings where molecular testing results suffered from delays or were altogether unavailable, the use of diagnostic imaging such as a chest x-ray could serve as a quick guide in the assessment and management of these patients especially if the imaging results suggest COVID-19 infection.
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