Lymphopenic community acquired pneumonia as signature of severe COVID-19 infection

As recently commented by Tang and colleagues in this Journal, the novel Coronavirus emerged at the end of 2019 from Wuhan has already spread beyond China,1 which led WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern by Jan 30, 2020. Infection caused by this virus (COVID-19) courses with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a minority of the cases, but given its transmission characteristics, this is a further cause of alarm.

Source: Journal of Infection - March 3, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jes ús F Bermejo-Martin, Raquel Almansa, Rosario Menéndez, Raúl Mendez, David J Kelvin, Antoni Torres Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research