1- Virologie :
- RNA viruses wrapped belonging to the family Coronaviridae, genre betacoronavirus
- In humans: six known species of coronavirus
- seasonal hCoV: 220E, OC43, NL63, HKU1
- CoV emerging with increased pathogenicity
- SRAS -The: lethality 10%
- MERS: lethality 37%
- SARS-CoV-2 shares
- 80% genetic identity with SARS-CoV
- 96% identity with a virus bat (Rhinolophusaffinis)
2- Epidemiology :
- Reproduction rate (R0)
- 2,2 at 3,28
- Ages patients (years)
- Way: 55 (+/-13)
- Median: 59 [15-89]
- Doubling time
- 6,4 at 7,5 days
- Continuous updating of the epidemic dynamics
3- Transmission :
- Transmission interhumaine
- average incubation: 5,2 days
Professionnels de santé contaminés :
N=1716; 247 sévères/critiques, 5 décès
n=40; services de médecine (31), urgences (7), réanimation (2)
Proportions augmentant dans le temps de 3% (1er au 11/01) à 7% (12 au 22/01)
- Cluster six membres, family in Wuhan:
- two members, hospital visit a close for pneumonia; contamination 4 other members:
- including a child (7 years) asymptomatic, radiographic abnormalities;
- and another child (10 years), uncontaminated (wearing mask)
4- Protection :
- SHA
- FFP2 mask
- On disposable gown (waterproof so care souillants)
- disposable non-sterile gloves
- Protective glasses
- Patient suspect or cases possible = Single room, closed door
- Case confirmed = Single room, closed door, ideally negative pressure
Élimination EPI en DASRI avant la sortie de la chambre, sauf pour les lunettes et l’APR qui seront retirés après la sortie de la chambre
5- clinical picture, Biological and imaging :
Demography :
- Median age (years) : 56
- Women : 63 (46%)
- Comorbidités: 64 (46%)
- Cardiovascular : 27 (20%)
- Diabetes : 14 (10%)
- Cancer : 10 (7%)
Biology :
- Leucocytes (/mm3) : 4500
- Lymphocytes (/mm3) : 800
- LDH (U / L) : 261
- Procalcitonine (ng / mL) : 49
Clinique :
- Fever : 136 (99%)
- Cough : 82 (59%)
- Dyspnea : 43 (31%)
- Myalgies : 48 (35%)
- Odynophagie : 24 (11%)
- Diarrhea : 14 (10%)
Evolution :
- Pass doors : 36 (26%)
- SDRA : 27 (20%)
- Acute renal failure : 5 (4%)
- Septic shock : 12 (9%)
- Healing : 47 (34%)
- Death : 14 (14%) ; 6 (4%)
Clinique, imagery :


Evolution :

Treatment :
antiviral treatments :
- patients treated:
- Oseltamivir: 124 (90%)
- patients treated: 75 (76%)
- Oseltamivir
- Ganciclovir
- Lopinavir/ritonavir
antibiotics :
- patients treated:
- Moxifloxacine: 89 (64%)
- Ceftriaxone: 34 (25%)
- patients treated: 70 (71%)
supporting treatments :
- oxygen therapy: 106 (77%)
- Mechanical ventilation
- Non invasive: 15 (11%)
- Invasive: 17 (12%)
- dialysis: 2 (1%)
- ECMO: 4 (3%)
Evolution :
Chinese CDC, n = 72672
- Confirmed by PCR : 44672 (62%)
- asymptomatic: 889 (1%)
Demography :
- Age : (n = 44672)
- ≥80 years: 1408 (3%)
- 30-79 years: 38680 (87%)
- 20-29 years: 3619 (8%)
- 10-19 years: 549 (1%)
- <10 years: 416 (1%)
- Man : 22 981 (51%)
Clinique :
- clinical form: (n = 44415)
- moderate: 36160 (81%)
- Grave: 6168 (14%)
- Critique: 2087 (5%)
Evolution
- Death
- Total: 2.3% (1023/44672)
- Age ≥80: 14.8% (208/1408)
- Age 70-79: 8.0% (312/3918)
- Clinical form criticism: 49.0% (1023/2087)
- Health professionals N=1716 (3,8%)
- Wuhan: 63% (n=1080)
- severe or critical: 14% (n=247)
- Death: 0,3% (n=5)
Critique :
single-center study, retrospective, ICU, n = 52
Demography :
•Middle age (years) : 59,7 (+/-13,3)
•Man : 35 (67%)
- Comorbidités: 21 (40%)
- cardiac : 5 (10%)
- respiratory : 4 (8%)
- cerebrovascular: 7 (13,5%)
- diabetes : 9 (17%)
- cancer : 2 (4%)
Clinique :
- Fever : 51 (98%)
- Cough : 40 (77%)
- Dyspnea : 33 (64%)
- Malaise: 18 (35%)
- Myalgies : 6 (12%)
- Rhinorrhée : 3 (6%)
imagery :
- bilateral pneumonitis : 52 (100%)
- Median time between onset of symptoms and:
- diagnosis of pneumonia: 5 (IQR 3-7)
- admission en USI: 9,5 (IQR 7-12,5)
severity :
- Score APACHE II: 17 (IQR14-19)
- SDRA: 35 (67%)
- Acute renal failure : 15 (29%)
- Heart failure: 12 (23%)
- Hepatic insufficiency: 15 (29%)
- Septic shock : 12 (9%)
Treatment :
- VNI: 29 (56%)
- Intubation: 22 (42%)
- prone: 6 (12%)
- ECMO: 6 (12%)
- antivirals (anti-COVID -19) : 23 (44%)
- antibiotics: 49 (94%)
- corticosteroids: 30 (58%)
- immunoglobulins: 28 (54%)
Evolution :
- Death: 32 (62%)
- Healing: 8 (15%)
Synthesis :
- Patients Covid-19
- The most common clinical signs: fever, cough, dyspnea
- radiological signs: condensation homes and extensive infiltrates
- the most common benign forms ; serious or critical: 15 at 20%
- Possible aggravation secondary, to-J8 J9 (-SDRA dyspnoea)
- Issue fatale: death 2% at 14%(according to studies)
6- Supported :
Sheet "Information for EMS and other caregivers 1st line -COREB" updated regularly on the site to see COREB here
The suspect patient BWR if confirmed or excluded ...

The suspect patient BWR if confirmed or excluded ...

7- Specimens :
Professionals performing ante lesprélèvements : individual protection equipment (AND)
Type respiratory samples | Antique equipment |
nasopharyngeal swab and oropharyngé | Swabs flocked polyester or dacron |
Broncho alveolar lavage | Hol sterile |
tracheal suctioning, nasopharyngeal aspirate or nasal wash | Hol sterile |
Expectoration | Hol sterile |
Transport temperature : 4C – Shelf life up to perform the test: If ≤5 days: 4 C, and >5 days: 70 C
SARS-2 : biological agent group 2, requiring triple packaging:
- A leakproof primary receptacle
- A sealed secondary container
- A rigid outer packaging
Note the virus may be present in the stool, urine ...
SARS-CoV PCR-negative 2, as provided, may require verification
8- Traitements SRAS, MERS :
- Lopinavir-ritonavir+Ribavirine:
- SRAS: 41 infected patients, treated for 21 days, clinical improvement in treated subjects
- MERS: 76 infected patients, Study in progress (MIRACLE), Saudi Arabia
- Remdesivir (RDV): Antiviral large spectre
- virus murine model of hepatitis (b-coronavirus) : inhibition of viral replication in vitro
- MERS: the upper remdesiviractivité LPVrin vitro
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Contributions : JM Chapplain-G Mellon (Mission COREB), S van der Werf(CNR coronavirus), B Grandbastien(SF2H), B Hoen (SPILF Emergences),D Malvy D Nguyen (ESR Bordeaux) ref and infectious disease. ESR