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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2020 Sep 22;7(9)
faa372.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa372. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Discordance Between Radiologic Findings and Molecular Testing in Patients With Underlying Hematologic Malignancy and Coronavirus Disease 2019
Mohammed Raja[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yoichiro Natori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aditya Chandorkar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jose F Camargo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacques Simkins[SUP] 2 [/SUP], David Andrews[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Terrence Bradley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Justin Watts[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Krishna Komanduri[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Michele I Morris[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joel E Fishman[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with severe disease in patients with hematologic malignancy. We report a series of patients with underlying hematologic malignancy and coronavirus disease of 2019 with discrepancy between radiographic findings and molecular testing. Initial chest x-ray findings should raise suspicion in immunosuppressed patients with typical clinical presentation even with negative initial testing.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; hematologic malignancy; radiology; stem cell transplant.
. 2020 Sep 22;7(9)
faa372.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa372. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Discordance Between Radiologic Findings and Molecular Testing in Patients With Underlying Hematologic Malignancy and Coronavirus Disease 2019
Mohammed Raja[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yoichiro Natori[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aditya Chandorkar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jose F Camargo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacques Simkins[SUP] 2 [/SUP], David Andrews[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Terrence Bradley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Justin Watts[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Krishna Komanduri[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Michele I Morris[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joel E Fishman[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32995351
- PMCID: PMC7507873
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa372
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with severe disease in patients with hematologic malignancy. We report a series of patients with underlying hematologic malignancy and coronavirus disease of 2019 with discrepancy between radiographic findings and molecular testing. Initial chest x-ray findings should raise suspicion in immunosuppressed patients with typical clinical presentation even with negative initial testing.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; hematologic malignancy; radiology; stem cell transplant.