COVID-19 detected from targeted contact tracing, attempting to see the pattern in random happenings: early lessons in Malaysia

B H Ng; Y L B Andrea; N A Nuratiqah; A H Faisal; C I Soo; K Najma; P Periyasamy

COVID-19 detected from targeted contact tracing, attempting to see the pattern in random happenings: early lessons in Malaysia

Med J Malaysia. 2020 Sep;75(5):582-584.

Authors

B H Ng¹, Y L B Andrea², N A Nuratiqah¹, A H Faisal¹, C I Soo¹, K Najma³, P Periyasamy³

Affiliations

¹ Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. andreaban@gmail.com.
³ Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 32918430

Abstract

The world feels strange as we face what is for most of us our first ever pandemic. The number of newly diagnosed cases rises daily in many parts of the world, and we are faced with the reality that there are still many things to learn about this new disease. We share here our experience of treating our first 199 COVID-19 patients in the Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM).

Publication types

Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Contact Tracing
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Female
Humans
Malaysia
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Symptom Assessment
Virus Shedding
Young Adult