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## Objectives: Residents in nursing homes represent a frail, elderly population, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (sars-cov-2) infection can spread easily in this setting. despite a frequent severe evolution of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), these patients often present an atypical course with mild initial symptoms. the aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of fever in elderly patients with covid-19 residing in nursing homes. ## Methods: Two hundred and thirty-one elderly patients from three nursing homes in pavia and surrounding area were enrolled in april-may 2020. sars-cov-2 infection was diagnosed using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction with nasopharyngeal swab and/or serological assay (liaison® sars-cov-2 s1/s2 igg). patients with a positive result on rt-pcr or serology were classed as positive. ## Results: In total, 170 patients (74%) were sars-cov-2-positive on rt-pcr and/or serology, and 61 patients (26%) had negative results on both tests. fever (body temperature >37.5 °c) was observed in four patients (1.7%): three in the sars-cov-2-positive group (1.8%) and one in the sars-cov-2-negative group (1.6%). ## Conclusio

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Author

Ambra Raimondi; Gianluigi Poma; Antonio Piralla; Valeria Meroni; Fausto Baldanti; Carlo Filice

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)