<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors are presenting a case reflecting the evolution of an infected patient representing the source and, at the same time, one of the first severe cases of SARS-COV2 in Romania, burdened by a dragging and difficult evolution both by the nature of a newly identified infection, with real treatment deficiencies, and by deliberate omission of ethical aspects. There was a delay and were considerable difficulties in establishing the diagnosis, the evolution of the disease, along with some other consequences like an increase in the risk of transmitting the infection – a vicious cycle that otherwise could have been interrupted much earlier.</p></abstract>

The authors are presenting a case reflecting the evolution of an infected patient representing the source and, at the same time, one of the first severe cases of SARS-COV2 in Romania, burdened by a dragging and difficult evolution both by the nature of a newly identified infection, with real treatment deficiencies, and by deliberate omission of ethical aspects. There was a delay and were considerable difficulties in establishing the diagnosis, the evolution of the disease, along with some other consequences like an increase in the risk of transmitting the infection – a vicious cycle that otherwise could have been interrupted much earlier.

Beating the virus is not enough

Carol Davila university of medicine and pharmacy

Pneumologia

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The authors are presenting a case reflecting the evolution of an infected patient representing the source and, at the same time, one of the first severe cases...

Beating the virus is not enough

Published Online: Dec 07, 2021

Page range: 241 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2021-0018

Keywords
COVID19, severe pneumonia, sequelae

© 2021 Florin Mihățan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Beating the virus is not enough

Published Online: Dec 07, 2021

Page range: 241 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2021-0018

KeywordsCOVID19, severe pneumonia, sequelae

© 2021 Florin Mihățan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
COVID19, severe pneumonia, sequelae