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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

COVID-19 Pandemic and Upcoming Influenza Season-Does an Expert's Computed Tomography Assessment Differentially Identify COVID-19, Influenza and Pneumonias of Other Origin?

Johannes Rueckel, Nicola Fink, Sophia Kaestle, Theresa Stüber, Vincent Schwarze, Eva Gresser, Boj F Hoppe, Jan Rudolph, Wolfgang G Kunz, Jens Ricke and 1 more

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Johannes RueckelDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Nicola FinkDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3089-9606
Sophia KaestleDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Theresa StüberDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Vincent SchwarzeDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Eva GresserDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2780-2025
Boj F HoppeDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6248-5128
Jan RudolphDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang G KunzDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5021-1952
Jens RickeDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Bastian O SabelDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.

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Abstract

(1) Background: Time-consuming SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR suffers from limited sensitivity in early infection stages whereas fast available chest CT can already raise COVID-19 suspicion. Nevertheless, radiologists' performance to differentiate COVID-19, especially from influenza pneumonia, is not sufficiently characterized. (2) Methods: A total of 201 pneumonia CTs were identified and divided into subgroups based on RT-PCR: 78 COVID-19 CTs, 65 influenza CTs and 62 Non-COVID-19-Non-influenza (NCNI) CTs. Three radiology experts (blinded from RT-PCR results) raised pathogen-specific suspicion (separately for COVID-19, influenza, bacterial pneumonia and fungal pneumonia) according to the following reading scores: 0-not typical/1-possible/2-highly suspected. Diagnostic performances were calculated with RT-PCR as a reference standard. Dependencies of radiologists' pathogen suspicion scores were characterized by

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computed tomographyCOVID-19influenzapneumoniaradiologySars-CoV-2

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