Case 2
A 39-year-old man presenting with fever and throat discomfort for 2 days was admitted to Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital fever clinic. He had a history of good physical health and no underlying diseases. Although the patient had not visited Wuhan recently, he had a history of contact with the patient described in Case 1. Physical examination showed fever, with a temperature of 39.3℃, and laboratory examination results demonstrated a normal leukocyte count (5320/µL), normal neutrophils (67.6%), normal lymphocytes (24.5%), decreased aspartate aminotransferase (14 IU/L), elevated glucose (6.8 mmol/L), and normal CRP (4.00 mg/L). Finally, he was diagnosed with 2019-nCoV based on the rRT-PCR analysis of a sputum sample.
CT imaging showed small ill-defined ground-glass opacities in both lower lung lobes. The lesion in the left lower lobe was located in the subpleural region while the one in the right lower lobe was distributed along the bundles (Fig. 2). Neither pleural effusion nor lymphadenopathy was found.