A fatal case of COVID-19 breakthrough infection due to the delta variant.

Elio BignardiClaudia BrognaChiara CapassoBarbara Brogna

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

COVID-19 infections that occur at least 2 weeks after complete vaccination are known as breakthrough infections. Herein, we report a clinical case resembling breakthrough infection that was correlated with a higher score of COVID-19 pneumonia on chest computed tomography (CT) in a patient who resulted positive for the delta variant and who died during the hospitalization.

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coronavirus disease
sars cov
computed tomography
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
magnetic resonance
gestational age
respiratory failure
community acquired pneumonia