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Radiologic management of COVID-19: Preliminary experience of the iranian society of radiology COVID-19 consultant group (ISRCC)

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This article is published in Iranian Journal of Radiology.The article was published on 2020-03-07 and is currently open access. It has received 62 citations till now.

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Diagnostic Tools for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Comparing CT and RT-PCR Viral Nucleic Acid Testing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that chest CT has limited sensitivity for COVID-19 and a lower specificity than RT-PCR testing, and it carries a risk of exposing providers to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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Predictors of severity and co-infection resistance profile in COVID-19 patients: First report from upper Egypt

TL;DR: Older age and elevated serum ferritin were significant risk factors for severe COVID-19, and testing for presence of other co-infecting agents should be considered, and prompt treatment should be carried out according to the antimicrobial sensitivity reports.
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COVID-2019: update on epidemiology, disease spread and management.

TL;DR: Structural analysis of the receptor binding site has confirmed that 2019-nCoV binds with the same ACE 2 receptor protein as human SARS virus, which means the overall mortality rate is relatively low for COVID-2019 (2-3%).
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Correlation of Chest CT and RT-PCR Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China: A Report of 1014 Cases.

TL;DR: Chest CT has a high sensitivity for diagnosis of CO VID-19 and may be considered as a primary tool for the current COVID-19 detection in epidemic areas, as well as for patients with multiple RT-PCR assays.
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