The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team

The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team

The pathologist is involved in many diagnostic steps together with the clinical infectious disease team in the management of COVID-19-affected patients. In particular, cytological and histopathological procedures as well as autoptic findings may represent useful tools to better understand the pathob...

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Main Authors: Antonio Ieni, Giovanni Tuccari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Pathologist
Cytopathology
Histopathology
Autopsy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220325935
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spelling doaj-894eff53c5b34652a9f0efd27e259fc92021-03-27T04:25:39ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122021-03-01104479481The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases teamAntonio Ieni0Giovanni Tuccari1Corresponding author at: Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Pathology, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.; Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyThe pathologist is involved in many diagnostic steps together with the clinical infectious disease team in the management of COVID-19-affected patients. In particular, cytological and histopathological procedures as well as autoptic findings may represent useful tools to better understand the pathobiology of the disease as well as to correctly define causes of death. Moreover, pathologists have been forced to reconsider the usual laboratory workflow and introduce adequate guidelines against virus diffusion in the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring high biosafety levels.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220325935COVID-19SARS-CoV2PathologistCytopathologyHistopathologyAutopsy
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The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Pathologist
Cytopathology
Histopathology
Autopsy
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Giovanni Tuccari
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title The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team
title_short The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team
title_full The COVID-19 pandemic: Pathologists support the clinical infectious diseases team
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series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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publishDate 2021-03-01
description The pathologist is involved in many diagnostic steps together with the clinical infectious disease team in the management of COVID-19-affected patients. In particular, cytological and histopathological procedures as well as autoptic findings may represent useful tools to better understand the pathobiology of the disease as well as to correctly define causes of death. Moreover, pathologists have been forced to reconsider the usual laboratory workflow and introduce adequate guidelines against virus diffusion in the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring high biosafety levels.
topic COVID-19
SARS-CoV2
Pathologist
Cytopathology
Histopathology
Autopsy
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