Background: SARS-coronavirus-2 causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) Materials & methods: We here report epidemiology;clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics;and outcomes of COVID-19 in 19 patients confirmed by reverse-transcriptase-PCR Results: In 19 PCR-confirmed cases (median age 69 years;63% males), the most common presentations were fever (79%), cough (79%) and fatigue (79%) The most common comorbidities were hypertension (47%), hypothyroidism (32%) and cardiac diseases (32%) All patients received symptomatic treatment Ampicillin/sulbactam was prescribed for 50% of cases Also, 13 (68 4%) recovered and discharged, 9 (47 3%) needed intensive care unit admission and 4 (21 1%) cases died Conclusion: The included cases had variable clinical outcomes following supportive and antibiotic treatments These findings may contribute to development of more effective strategies for infection control
Epidemiologic features and clinical course of COVID-19: a retrospective analysis of 19 patients in Germany