TITLE:
Atypical Presentations of COVID-19
AUTHORS:
Deepthi Jayasekara, Suranjith L. Seneviratne, Arindra Jayasekara, Ishan De Zoysa
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Atypical Presentation
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.10 No.3,
August
19,
2020
ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. It has now spread to all parts of the world and as of 26th July 2020, more than 16 million cases and over 600,000 deaths have been reported. The commonest presentation is respiratory in nature with non-productive cough, fever and shortness of breath. Some COVID-19 patients have had atypical or unusual presentations involving the neurological, metabolic, gastrointestinal, renal, haematological, cutaneous and cardiovascular systems. In this mini-review, we have outlined the main atypical or unusual clinical presentations of COVID-19.