Is Olfactory Testing a Useful Diagnostic Tool to Identify SARS-CoV-2 Infections Early? A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis.

COVID-19 infections SARS-CoV-2 infection olfactory dysfunction olfactory test

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Apr 2023
Historique:
received: 19 01 2023
revised: 16 03 2023
accepted: 23 03 2023
medline: 13 5 2023
pubmed: 13 5 2023
entrez: 13 5 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Genesis and the prognostic value of olfactory dysfunction (OD) in COVID-19 remain partially described. The objective of our study was to characterize OD during SARS-CoV-2 infection and to examine whether testing of OD may be a useful tool in clinical practice in order to early identify patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Olfactory function assessment was objectively carried out using the u-Smell-it Among 494 SARS-CoV-2 negative tested patients, OD was detected in 45.7% and was found to be significantly associated with the male gender ( OD is common in COVID-19 negative and positive tested patients with significantly different prevalence rates observed between different variants. Diagnostic accuracy of OD is not high enough to implement olfactory testing as a tool in diagnostic routine to early identify patients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Genesis and the prognostic value of olfactory dysfunction (OD) in COVID-19 remain partially described. The objective of our study was to characterize OD during SARS-CoV-2 infection and to examine whether testing of OD may be a useful tool in clinical practice in order to early identify patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
METHODS METHODS
Olfactory function assessment was objectively carried out using the u-Smell-it
RESULTS RESULTS
Among 494 SARS-CoV-2 negative tested patients, OD was detected in 45.7% and was found to be significantly associated with the male gender (
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
OD is common in COVID-19 negative and positive tested patients with significantly different prevalence rates observed between different variants. Diagnostic accuracy of OD is not high enough to implement olfactory testing as a tool in diagnostic routine to early identify patients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37176604
pii: jcm12093162
doi: 10.3390/jcm12093162
pmc: PMC10179328
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Christiana Graf (C)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Inken Wagener (I)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Katharina Grikscheit (K)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Sebastian Hoehl (S)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Annemarie Berger (A)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Nils Wetzstein (N)

Department of Internal Medicine II, Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Julia Dietz (J)

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Georg Dultz (G)

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Florian Michael (F)

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Natalie Filmann (N)

Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe University, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Eva Herrmann (E)

Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe University, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Peter Tinnemann (P)

Public Health Department of the City of Frankfurt am Main, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Udo Goetsch (U)

Public Health Department of the City of Frankfurt am Main, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Sandra Ciesek (S)

Institute of Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
German Centre for Infection Research, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, External Partner Site Frankfurt, 60306 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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