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Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Clinique Ngaliema, a public hospital in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A retrospective cohort study

202055 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

Abstract

Our findings indicated that the epidemiological and clinical feature of COVID-19 patients in Kinshasa are broadly similar to previous reports from other settings. Older age, lower SpO2, tachycardia, and elevated AST could help to identify patients at higher risk of death at an early stage of the illness. Plasmodium spp co-infection was not common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Research topics

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244272

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