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A fatal case of COVID‐19 breakthrough infection due to the delta variant

Authors :
Elio Bignardi
Claudia Brogna
Chiara Capasso
Barbara Brogna
Source :
Clinical Case Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Wiley, 2022.

Abstract

Abstract COVID‐19 infections that occur at least 2 weeks after complete vaccination are known as breakthrough infections. Herein, we report a clinical case resembling breakthrough infection that was correlated with a higher score of COVID‐19 pneumonia on chest computed tomography (CT) in a patient who resulted positive for the delta variant and who died during the hospitalization.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20500904
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Clinical Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2c95c25514dd49198bf20f63ae4d44c4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5232