TB Research

Radiologically Suspected Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient Recovering from COVID-19: A Case Report

Hyeonji Seo, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Se Jin Jang, Sung‐Han Kim

Infection and Chemotherapy · 2021-03

Abstract

We report a case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated radiologically suspected organizing pneumonia with repeated negative Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results from nasopharyngeal swab and sputum samples, but positive result from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Performing SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in upper respiratory tract samples only could fail to detect COVID-19-associated pneumonia, and SARS-CoV-2 could be an etiology of radiologically suspected organizing pneumonia.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Pneumonia
  • Sputum
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Coronavirus
  • Etiology
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Respiratory tract
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Respiratory disease
  • Internal medicine
  • Respiratory system
  • Pathology