Gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19

Jerome R Lechien; Julien W Hsieh; Tareck Ayad; Nicolas Fakhry; Stephane Hans; Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba; Sven Saussez

doi:10.1007/s00405-020-06154-w

Gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Aug;277(8):2397-2398. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06154-w. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

Authors

Jerome R Lechien^{1

2

3

4}, Julien W Hsieh^{5

6}, Tareck Ayad^{5

7}, Nicolas Fakhry^{5

8}, Stephane Hans^{5

9}, Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba^{5

10}, Sven Saussez^{11

12}

Affiliations

¹ COVID-19 Task Force of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France. Jerome.Lechien@umons.ac.be.
² Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium. Jerome.Lechien@umons.ac.be.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Foch Hospital, School of Medicine, UFR Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris Saclay University), Paris, France. Jerome.Lechien@umons.ac.be.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Jerome.Lechien@umons.ac.be.
⁵ COVID-19 Task Force of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France.
⁶ Rhinology-Olfactology Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
⁸ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, APHM, Aix-Marseille Univ, Hopital La Conception, Marseille, France.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Foch Hospital, School of Medicine, UFR Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris Saclay University), Paris, France.
¹⁰ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain.
¹¹ Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium.
¹² Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

No abstract available

Keywords: Anosmia; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Dear editor; Dysgeusia; Gustatory; Hyposmia; Loss; Smell; Taste.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Renin-Angiotensin System
SARS-CoV-2
Taste*