id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-264543-b4zwinh2 Daher, Valéria Barcelos Anosmia: A marker of infection by the new corona virus 2020-06-12 .txt text/plain 1719 99 51 [4] The objective of this case report is to describe anosmia and ageusia as emergent initial symptoms of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019). After clinical diagnosis, it was instituted home treatment with Oseltamivir 75 mg an oral tablet every 12 hours for five days, Azithromycin 500mg, one oral tablet per day for five days, Acetylcysteine syrup 40mg /ml 15 ml orally at night for 5 days and dipyrone if pain or fever, resulting in marked improvement of the signals and symptoms presented by the patient in five days, however, with persistence of anosmia and ageusia. In the case described, the patient presented as initial symptoms anosmia (absence of smell) and ageusia (change in taste) followed by odynophagia, cough, low fever, chest pain and mild respiratory distress, so it was considered suggestive of Covid-19 and confirmed, later, by the laboratory examination (RT-PCR) of the patient. [6] This examination was performed on the patient of the case at the time of the diagnosis and during the anosmia period and showed no structural changes. ./cache/cord-264543-b4zwinh2.txt ./txt/cord-264543-b4zwinh2.txt