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⇱ Anosmia and Dysgeusia in the Absence of Other Respiratory Diseases: Should COVID-19 Infection Be Considered? | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine


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Anosmia and Dysgeusia in the Absence of Other Respiratory Diseases: Should COVID-19 Infection Be Considered?

Noel Lorenzo Villalba

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Yasmine Maouche

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz

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Internal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Gran Canaria, Spain

Zaida Cordoba Sosa

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Internal Medicine Department, Fuerteventura General Hospital, Fuerteventura, Spain

Jean Baptiste Chahbazian

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Aneska Syrovatkova

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Pierre Pertoldi

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Emmanuel Andres

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar

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Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France

Keywords

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, anosmia, dysgeusia

Abstract

We describe two elderly patients evaluated at emergency departments for anosmia/dysgeusia in the absence of any other respiratory symptoms prior to or upon admission. In the current epidemiological context, clinical and biological work-up led to a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Unfortunately, one of the patients died during hospitalization, but the other recovered and was discharged.

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Published: 2020-04-03
Issue: Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020) (view)


How to cite:
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Lorenzo Villalba N, Maouche Y, Alonso Ortiz MB, Cordoba Sosa Z, Chahbazian JB, Syrovatkova A, et al. Anosmia and Dysgeusia in the Absence of Other Respiratory Diseases: Should COVID-19 Infection Be Considered?. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 3 [cited 2026 Jun. 17];7(4). Available from: https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1641

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