Acute respiratory distress syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: not only SARS-CoV-2

Publikation

Acute respiratory distress syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: not only SARS-CoV-2

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.01.2021

Meyer Sauteur P M, Kleger Gian-Reto, Albrich Werner

Zitation

Meyer Sauteur P, Kleger G, Albrich W. Acute respiratory distress syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: not only SARS-CoV-2. New Microbes New Infect 2021; 40:100836.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

New Microbes New Infect 2021; 40

Veröffentlichungsdatum

01.01.2021

ISSN (Druck)

2052-2975

Seiten

100836

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

A previously healthy 30-year-old woman developed severe ARDS at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection was suspected, but testing was negative. was detected by PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and blood. This case illustrates that infection can progress to septicemia and ARDS with severe respiratory failure in young healthy adults.