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Delayed recognition of community transmission of COVID-19 resulting in healthcare worker infections.

Raymund B DantesTait T JonesDavid C Neujahr
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
We describe a case of delayed COVID-19 diagnosis due to unrecognized community transmission in Atlanta, Georgia in mid-February 2020. This case resulted in transmission of COVID-19 to three of the four healthcare workers present during a diagnostic bronchoscopy procedure where only procedural masks were worn.
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