[Quick simultaneous analyses are important when MERS-coronavirus infection is suspected]
Michael Kemp1, Silje V Høgh, Marianne N Skov
1Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, J.B. Winsløwsvej 21, 5000 Odense C.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|October 9, 2014
Abstract:
In September 2012 a novel coronavirus (CoV) caused severe respiratory tract infections in patients from The Arabian Peninsula. It was named Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV. Here, a small series of case stories illustrates how simultaneous analyses for MERS-CoV and other agents of infections at the loca l laboratory resulted in rapid rejection of suspicion of MERS and establishment of the true cause of disease. Relevant treatment was initiated and the patients were discharged from hospital.
