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Asthma prevalence in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection detected by RT-PCR not requiring hospitalization

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 171; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106084

1532-3064

Eduardo García-Pachón, Lucía Zamora-Molina, María José Soler-Sempere, Carlos Baeza-Martínez, Justo Grau-Delgado, Vicente Canto-Reig, Antonio Ramon-Sanchez, Isabel Padilla-Navas, Montserrat Ruiz‐García, Nieves Gonzalo-Jiménez,

Thermal Regulation in Medicine

IntroductionThe prevalence of asthma in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 has been studied and varies widely in the different series. However, the prevalence in SARS-infected patients not requiring hospitalization is not known. The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of asthma in a consecutive series of patients who tested positive in the RT-PCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 and did not require hospital admission.Methods and resultsA total of 218 patients (58% of those who tested positive) did not require hospitalization; they had a median age of 45 years (IQR 34–57) and 57% were female. Six patients (2.8%) had a previous diagnosis of asthma. Only one patient developed a mild aggravation of asthma symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.ConclusionsFew patients with asthma were infected by SARS-CoV-2, and this infection was not a significant cause of asthma exacerbation.