Incidentally discovered COVID-19 in low-suspicion patients-a threat to front line health care workers.
Nicholas XiaoSamir AbboudDanielle M McCarthyNishant ParekhPublished in: Emergency radiology (2020)
Patients with imaging findings suspicious for COVID-19 warrant prompt reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing even in low clinical suspicion cases. The prevalence of disease in the population may be underestimated by the current paradigm of RT-PCR testing with the current clinical criteria of lower respiratory symptoms and exposure risk.