-Short Communication-

Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection in Patients without a History of Travel to Infected Areas or Direct Contact with a Case-Patient

BinBin Li

YongJia County People's Hospital, Zhejiang, China

Objective: Little is known about COVID-19 patients who have not traveled to infected areas or had direct contact with infected persons. This report describes the clinical features of 28 such patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection.
Methods: Data on clinical characteristics during hospitalization were collected.
Results: Epidemiological exposures were investigated among patients reporting no travel to infected areas or direct contact with a case-patient. Patients presented with various symptoms, increased levels of inflammatory markers, and consolidation or ground-glass opacification on computed tomography scans.
Conclusions: The present report contributes critical information on the clinical presentation of COVID-19 patients without typical epidemiological exposures.

J Nippon Med Sch 2020; 87: 240-242

Keywords
COVID-19, epidemiology, novel coronavirus, computed tomography, infection

Correspondence to
BinBin Li, YongJia County People's Hospital, No.37 Yongzhong Road, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province 325100, China
xll123qwe@qq.com

Received, March 2, 2020
Accepted, April 2, 2020