Asthma prevalence in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection detected by RT-PCR not requiring hospitalization
Por:
Garcia-Pachon E, Zamora-Molina L, Soler-Sempere MJ, Baeza-Martinez C, Grau-Delgado J, Canto-Reig V, Ramon-Sanchez A, Padilla-Navas I, Ruiz-Garcia M and Gonzalo-Jimenez N
Publicada:
1 sep 2020
Ahead of Print:
4 jul 2020
Categoría:
Pulmonary and respiratory medicine
Resumen:
Introduction: The prevalence of asthma in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 has been studied and varies widely in the different series. However, the prevalence in SARS-infected patients not requiring hospitalization is not known. The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of asthma in a consecutive series of patients who tested positive in the RT-PCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 and did not require hospital admission.
Methods and results: A total of 218 patients (58% of those who tested positive) did not require hospitalization; they had a median age of 45 years (IQR 34-57) and 57% were female. Six patients (2.8%) had a previous diagnosis of asthma. Only one patient developed a mild aggravation of asthma symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Conclusions: Few patients with asthma were infected by SARS-CoV-2, and this infection was not a significant cause of asthma exacerbation.
Filiaciones:
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Allergy Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Allergy Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Microbiology, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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Section of Microbiology, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
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