Hospital Course of a Man With Viral Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19

Division

North Florida

Hospital

Osceola Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

7-18-2020

Keywords

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Infectious Disease | Respiratory Tract Diseases | Virus Diseases

Abstract

The authors present a case of a man with pneumonia caused by COVID-19. There is currently no FDA-approved medical treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, so a variety of drugs and medicinal therapies have been repurposed for use in hospital settings and clinical studies while the medical community waits for a medication to be approved and standardized. Pneumonia is a common outcome of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), so cases of it are rapidly spreading around the world as the novel coronavirus continues to spread.

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

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