Comparing the Clinical, Radiological and Laboratory Characteristics of Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 Cases

Abstract

Objective: The present study aims to compare the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Computed Tomography (CT). Materials and Methods: In this study, 240 adult patients were included. The demographic data, symptoms, COVID-19 findings in the initial pulmonary CT during admission and the first laboratory parameters were recorded. The patients were divided into three groups as Group 1 consisting of 100 PCR (+) CT (+) patients, Group 2 consisting of 40 PCR (+) CT (-) patients, Group 3 consisting of 100 PCR (-) CT (+) patients. Results: The mean symptom duration was 5.78 days in Group 1, 2.67 days in Group 2, and 5.26 days in Group 3 (p