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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2020-04-03
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Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020)
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