COVID-19 Infection Negative in Nasopharyngeal Swabs but Suspected in Computed Tomography and Confirmed in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Material

Robert Chrzan; Tadeusz Popiela; Maciej Małecki; Jan Skupień; Amira Bryll; Anna Grochowska

doi:10.1155/2021/6627207

COVID-19 Infection Negative in Nasopharyngeal Swabs but Suspected in Computed Tomography and Confirmed in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Material

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 20:2021:6627207. doi: 10.1155/2021/6627207. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Robert Chrzan¹, Tadeusz Popiela¹, Maciej Małecki², Jan Skupień², Amira Bryll¹, Anna Grochowska¹

Affiliations

¹ Jagiellonian University Medical College, Chair of Radiology, Kraków, Poland.
² Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Kraków, Poland.

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with clinical symptoms of pneumonia, negative in several polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 tests from nasopharyngeal swabs but suspected in computed tomography and finally confirmed in bronchoalveolar lavage material.

Publication types

Case Reports