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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Dispatch

Clinical Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease, Thailand

Wannarat A. Pongpirul, Joshua A. Mott, Joseph V. WoodringComments to Author , Timothy M. Uyeki, John R. MacArthur, Apichart Vachiraphan, Pawita Suwanvattana, Sumonmal Uttayamakul, Supamit Chunsuttiwat, Tawee Chotpitayasunondh, Krit Pongpirul, and Wisit Prasithsirikul
Author affiliations: Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Bangkok, Thailand (W.A. Pongpirul, A. Vachiraphan, P. Suwanvattana, S. Uttayamakul, W. Prasithsirikul); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–Thailand Ministry of Public Health Collaboration, Bangkok (J.A. Mott, J.V. Woodring, J.R. MacArthur); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.M. Uyeki); Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok (S. Chunsuttiwat); Queen Sirikit National Institute for Child Health, Bangkok (T. Chotpitayasunondh); Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (K. Pongpirul)

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Table 2

Clinical illness history and calculated intervals of confirmed COVID-19 patients in Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, 2020*

Patient no.
1 2 3 4† 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Onset of symptoms 0 0 0 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA
Onset of fever 2 0 0 NA 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 (0–1.25) 1.2 (2.8)
First medical visit 4 2 4 0 3 4 13 2 3 3 2 3 (2–4) 3.6 (3.3)
Admitted to BIDI 4 2 4 0 3 4 13 2 3 8 5 4 (2–5) 4.4 (3.5)
SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected 4 2 4 0 3 4 13 2 3 8 5 4 (2–5) 4.4 (3.5)
Fever resolution 4 3 6 NA 6 4 13 4 6 13 11 6 (4–11.5) 7.0 (3.9)
Clinical resolution 13 10 11 NA 9 9 17 15 9 13 13 12 (9–13.5) 11.9 (2.8)
SARS-CoV-2 RNA undetectable 14 10 13 4 9 26 24 29 9 14 30 14 (9–26) 16.5 (9.1)
Discharge
15
11
14
6
15
29
26
32
11
16
33
15 (11–29)
18.9 (9.4)

Calculated intervals
Admission to discharge 11 9 10 6 12 25 13 30 8 8 28 11 (8–25) 14.5 (8.7)
Fever resolution to SARS-COV-2 RNA undetectable 10 7 7 NA 3 22 11 25 3 1 19 9 (3–19.75) 10.8 (8.4)
Admission to fever resolution 0 1 2 NA 3 0 0 2 3 5 6 2 (0–3.5) 2.2 (2.1)
Fever resolution to clinical resolution 9 7 5 NA 3 5 4 11 3 0 2 5 (3–7.5) 4.9 (3.3)
Admission to clinical resolution 9 8 7 NA 6 5 4 13 6 5 8 7 (5–8.25) 7.1 (2.6)
Fever onset to fever resolution 2 3 6 NA 6 4 4 4 5 13 11 5 (4–7.25) 5.8 (3.5)
Admission to SARS-COV-2 RNA undetectable 10 8 9 4 6 22 11 27 6 6 25 10 (6–22.75) 12.2 (8.3)
Fever resolution to discharge
11
8
8
NA
9
25
13
28
5
3
22
10 (7–22.75)
13.2 (8.7)

Fever duration by stratified condition
Patients detected through airport screening 2 3 6 3 (2–6) 3.7 (2.1) 0.14
Patients seeking medical care




6
4
4
4
5
13
11
5 (4–11)
6.7 (3.7)

Detectable SARS-COV-2 RNA duration by stratified condition
Patients detected through airport screening 10 9 8 9 (8–10) 9.0 (1.0) 0.17
Patients seeking medical care 6 22 11 27 6 6 25 11 (6–25) 14.7 (9.6)

*COVID-19, coronavirus disease; NA, not applicable
†Patient 4 was asymptomatic throughout hospitalization and PCR results reflects days with detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA following admission.

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