By vgreene, 19 May, 2020 Several pts w/ COVID-19 have had concurrent community-acquired pneumonia. Abx admin should be guided by likelihood of bacterial infxn, illness severity, and abx stewardship issues
By vgreene, 19 May, 2020 Co-infxns w/ other respiratory viruses have been reported; identifying infxn w/ 1 respiratory virus doesn't exclude SARS-CoV-2 infxn
By vgreene, 19 May, 2020 Children w/ COVID-19 may have fever and cough at sx onset as often as adults. Although most children w/ COVID-19 haven't had severe illness, maintain high index of suspicion, esp in infants and children w/ underlying conditions
By vgreene, 19 May, 2020 Non-respiratory sx (eg, nausea, diarrhea, anosmia, ageusia, HA) might appear before fever and lower respiratory sx
By vgreene, 19 May, 2020 Underlying conditions: Based on currently available info and clinical expertise, older adults and people of any age w/ serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness. Those at high risk include: