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HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: Up to February 24(th) 2020 occasionally occuring SARS-CoV-2 infections in Germany without severe course Emergency presentation of a couple in the emergency room For seven days now, the man has fever, dry cough und physical weakness and the wife has similar symptoms of a milder form The clinical examination shows fine crackles over both lungs and a respiratory failure of the husband INVESTIGATIONS AND DIAGNOSIS: Laboratory increase in inflammation parameters as well as transaminases and lactate dehydrogenase Radiologically lung infiltrates of different severity Further on diagnosis of a SARS-CoV-2-infection of both patients with a severe course of the male TREATMENT AND COURSE: Intubation and mechanical ventilation of the male patient with prolonged intenive care treatment Recovery of the female patient under conventional oxygen therapy DISCUSSION: These two cases show the starting point of an endemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the district of Heinsberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) and up to this point the first case of a life-threatenning course in Germany
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[Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) - Outbreak in North Rhine-Westphalia (District of Heinsberg) - First diagnosis of a COVID-19 manifestation in a couple]
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