More reliability of suspicious symptoms plus chest CT-scan than RT_PCR test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in an 18-days-old neonate

Sepideh Mahdavi; Amirhessam Kheirieh; Salman Daliri; Mohammad Hossein Kalantar; Maryam Valikhani; Ahmad Khosravi; Mostafa Enayatrad; Mohammad Hassan Emamian; Reza Chaman; Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00905

More reliability of suspicious symptoms plus chest CT-scan than RT_PCR test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in an 18-days-old neonate

IDCases. 2020 Jul 6:21:e00905. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00905. eCollection 2020.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
² Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
³ Clinical Research Development Unit, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
⁴ School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
⁵ Imam Hossein Center for Education, Research and Treatment, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
⁶ Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
⁷ Clinical Research Development Unit, Bahar Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
⁸ Ophthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.

Abstract

The present study investigated an 18-days-old neonate who was referred to the hospital with suspected respiratory symptoms of COVID-19. Results of CT-Scan and blood tests were highly suspicious, but result of the first RT-PCR test was negative on March 1. The second RT-PCR test reported positive on March 12. The neonate's medical history indicated no close contact except with family members and hospital treatment staffs, but the RT-PCR test results of all family members were also negative.

Keywords: COVID-19; CT-Scan; Iran; Neonate; RT-PCR.

Publication types

Case Reports