id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338689-4u1ezk64 Ata, Fateen COVID-19 presenting with diarrhoea and hyponatraemia 2020-06-07 .txt text/plain 1405 124 52 We present a young man with diarrhoea, abdominal pain and hyponatraemia who turned out to be positive for COVID-19. We present a young man with diarrhoea, abdominal pain and hyponatraemia who turned out to be positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). ► We recommend studies to evaluate the effectiveness of stool PCR for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 if initial nasopharyngeal PCR is negative and suspicion remains high. 4 Gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea, abdominal pain and vomiting have been previously seen with acute viral respiratory infections and reported recently as rare manifestations of COVID-19. 15 Our patient had acute hyponatraemia, abdominal pain and diarrhoea with minimal Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China Clinical and virological factors associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with acute respiratory infection: a two-year prospective study in general practice medicine ./cache/cord-338689-4u1ezk64.txt ./txt/cord-338689-4u1ezk64.txt