Case presentation with regard to the corona infection
After a business trip within Germany from February 19th – 21st, 2020, where he had a conference and meals with an Italian man who later was tested positive for COVID-19, Melina’s biological father developed first mild symptoms (fatigue) on February 23rd. Melina, whose parents live separately, visited her father from February 22nd and returned to her mother in the evening of February 24th, on which Melina’s father developed significant fatigue, fever, headache, aching limbs and cough.
On February 25th, the father was informed of the Italian’s positive test and, due to his symptoms, was referred to a university hospital on February 26th where he was also tested for SARS-CoV-2. Three other attendees of the meeting, were also positive. After the positive result was communicated on February 27th, Melina’s father remained in quarantine at the university hospital until March 4th.
Melina developed her first symptoms on March 1st: ”dizzyness” with a slight headache. She quickly developed an elevated body temperature of 38.1°C and was given a 400 mg ibuprofen tablet by her mother. By the next morning Melina had no more symptoms. The mother reported: ”It came as if by magic and disappeared just as quickly.” The following symptoms from our COVID-19 symptom list were denied: cough, rhinitis, irritability, fatigue, tearfulness, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, sore throat, aching limbs, disorders of the sense of smell or taste, loss of appetite, sensitivity to light, pressure on the chest, scratching of the throat.
On March 2nd, Melina, her half-brother, her mother and her stepfather were also tested. On the same day, Melina’s mother had diarrhea and a febrile feeling at a temperature of 37.6 °C. On March 3rd, the family received the results that Melina was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, but her mother, brother and stepfather were negative. On March 4th, Melina returned to her father, who was allowed to leave the hospital. Melina was tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 on March 6th and 9th, the day Melina returned to her mother‘s family.
From March 3rd, Melina and her mother´s family remained in quarantine for 2 weeks without further symptoms. Antibody tests on April 13th on Melina, her mother, her stepfather and half-brother showed IgG-positive results only for Melina (Figure 1 and 2 ).