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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar;47(3):342-343.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06351-z. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

SARS-CoV-2 in carotid body

Bernard Lambermont  1 , Eric Davenne  2 , François Maclot  3 , Philippe Delvenne  2
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Case Reports

SARS-CoV-2 in carotid body

Bernard Lambermont et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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A Post-mortem tissue specimen showing a diffuse alveolar damage and a partially occluded microvascular structure in the lung (arrow) (hematoxylin eosin; × 100); B lobules of the left carotid body (open arrows) separated by thin connective tissue septa and located in close proximity of a muscular artery wall structure (asterisk) (hematoxylin eosin; × 100); C immunohistology with an antibody against S-100 protein demonstrating many immunostained sustentacular and Schwann cells surrounding neuroendocrine chief cells within the lobules (open arrows) (immunoperoxydase; × 100); D real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction using the Taqman® technology on LC480 thermocycler (Roche, Switzerland) and showing detection curves (blue curve for patient tissue; red and green curves for positive and negative controls, respectively) of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 N1/N2 gene transcripts (cycle threshold: 36) after glomus tissue microdissection and RNA extraction from paraffin-embedded sections (tested in triplicate)
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