COVID-19 Reinfection in a Young Medical Doctor: A Case Report

Gaire, Dhruba; Sah, Muneshwar; Singh, Bishnu

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COVID-19 Reinfection in a Young Medical Doctor: A Case Report

creativeworkseries.issn	JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.author	Gaire, Dhruba
dc.contributor.author	Sah, Muneshwar
dc.contributor.author	Singh, Bishnu
dc.date.accessioned	2026-02-25T06:55:38Z
dc.date.available	2026-02-25T06:55:38Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description	Dhruba Gaire Bir Hospital, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal Muneshwar Sah Bir Hospital, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal Bishnu Singh Himal Hospital Pvt. Limited, Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
dc.description.abstract	Abstract: There is hardly any report of reinfection due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in medical professionals from Nepal. We report a case of a 32-year-old doctor with COVID-19 reinfection. Symptoms during the first infection were mild. After one month, he was reinfected and developed diarrhea as well as a continuous high fever. His d-dimer and ferritin were much increased. Computed tomography chest showed bilateral lymph nodes, minimal pleural effusion, and scattered linear fibrosis. After discharge, his depression and myalgia persisted for one month. During reinfection, his symptoms were more severe and cost of treatment was almost eight times his monthly salary and he could not work for six weeks. Possible reasons for severe reinfection and differential diagnoses like cytokine storm, multisystem inﬂammatory syndrome, reactivation of COVID-19, and infection due to new variants were discussed. Whether infected or vaccinated or not, all should take recommended vaccination and primary-preventive as well as health-promotive measures.
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6450
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4918
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Nepal Medical Association
dc.subject	COVID-19
dc.subject	new variants
dc.subject	reactivation
dc.subject	reinfection
dc.subject	vaccination
dc.title	COVID-19 Reinfection in a Young Medical Doctor: A Case Report
dc.type	Article
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local.article.type	Case Report
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