Olfactory disorder in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

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¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: yfyen1@gmail.com.
² Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan.
⁴ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, 87, Tongde Rd., Nangang Dist., Taipei City, 11556, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Renai Branch, 4, Renai Rd., Daan Dist., Taipei City, 106, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan.
⁸ Department of Dentistry, Taipei City Hospital, No.145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; University of Taipei, Taipei, No. 1, Aiguo West Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100, Taiwan. Electronic address: DAE30@tpech.gov.tw.
⁹ Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei City Hospital, No.145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan.

PMID: 32859529
PMCID: PMC7439082
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.010

Olfactory disorder in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

Yung-Feng Yen et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;54(5):992-996.

doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.010. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

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¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: yfyen1@gmail.com.
² Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan.
⁴ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Yangming Branch, 105, Yusheng St., Shilin Dist., Taipei City, 111, Taiwan; Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, 87, Tongde Rd., Nangang Dist., Taipei City, 11556, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Renai Branch, 4, Renai Rd., Daan Dist., Taipei City, 106, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan.
⁸ Department of Dentistry, Taipei City Hospital, No.145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; University of Taipei, Taipei, No. 1, Aiguo West Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100, Taiwan. Electronic address: DAE30@tpech.gov.tw.
⁹ Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei City Hospital, No.145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City, 103, Taiwan.

PMID: 32859529
PMCID: PMC7439082
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.010

Abstract

Three (60%) of five patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had olfactory disorder. Two exhibited anosmia at the onset of COVID-19, while one had hyposmia 4 days after the onset of COVID-19. All patients with olfactory disorder were completely recovered with a mean recovery length of 11.3 days.

Keywords: COVID-19; Olfactory disorder; SARS-CoV-2.

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Declaration of Competing Interest No conflict of interest exists for the author.

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**Figure 1**
Time course of olfactory disorder and RT-PCR assay in COVID-19 patients. Abbreviations: SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; RT-PCR, real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

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Olfactory disorder in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

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Olfactory disorder in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

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