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Title: | SARS-CoV-2 identified by transmission electron microscopy in lymphoproliferative and ischaemic intestinal lesions of COVID-19 patients with acute abdominal pain: two case reports. |
Author: | Martin Cardona, Albert Lloreta Trull, Josep Albero González, Raquel Paraira Beser, Marta Andújar Murcia, Xavier Ruiz Ramirez, Pablo Tur Martínez, Jaume Ferrer, Carme De Marcos Izquierdo, José Angel Pérez Madrigal, Anna Goiburú González, Laura Espinós Perez, Jorge Esteve i Comas, Maria |
Keywords: | SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Limfomes Malalties intestinals Colitis Microscòpia electrònica de transmissió SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Lymphomas Intestinal diseases Colitis Transmission electron microscopy |
Issue Date: | 26-Aug-2021 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | SARS-CoV-2 may produce intestinal symptoms that are generally mild, with a small percentage of patients developing more severe symptoms. The involvement of SARS-CoV-2 in the physiopathology of bowel dam‑ age is poorly known. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a useful tool that provides an understanding of SARSCoV-2 invasiveness, replication and dissemination in body cells but information outside the respiratory tract is very limited. We report two cases of severe intestinal complications (intestinal lymphoma and ischaemic colitis) in which the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in intestinal tissue was confrmed by TEM. These are the frst two cases reported in the literature of persistence of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated by TEM in intestinal tissue after COVID 19 recovery and SARSCoV-2 nasopharyngeal clearance. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01905-3 |
It is part of: | BMC Gastroenterology, 2021, vol. 21, num. 1, p. 334 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/185971 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01905-3 |
ISSN: | 1471-230X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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