1. COVID-19 Mimicking Acute Colitis
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김대진 ( Daejin Kim ), 정재권 ( Jaekwon Jung ), 이재광 ( Jaekwang Lee ), 류한준 ( Hanjun Ryu ), 김현수 ( Hyunsoo Kim ), 박창근 ( Changkeun Park ), and 박재석 ( Jaeseok Park )
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03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Traditional medicine ,business.industry ,Medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business - Abstract
On 11 February, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a novel coronavirus disease first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The complete clinical picture is not fully known. Illness ranges from mild to fatal. The common symptoms include fever, cough, and dyspnea usually developing 2-14 days after exposure. However, diarrhea was present in a few patients with COVID-19. We report a case of COVID-19 mimicking acute colitis.
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- 2021