label: Severe SARS-CoV-2 infection
label_lc: severe sars-cov-2 infection
description: "Unusually severe clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection, manifested clinically by features such as dyspnea and hypoxia with diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacities of the lungs on computed tomographic scan with progressive respiratory insufficiency necessitating oxygen supplementation or mechanical ventilation."