Prevalence and outcomes of re-positive nucleic acid tests in discharged COVID-19 patients
Journal Title: | European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2020-08-31, Vol.40 (2), p.413-417 |
Main Author: | Du, Hou-wei |
Other Authors: | Chen, Jun-nian , Pan, Xiao-bin , Chen, Xiao-ling , Yixian-Zhang , Fang, Shuang-fang , Li, Xiao-qing , Xia, Pin-cang , Gao, Lei , Lin, Hai-long , Chen, Li-min , Liu, Nan |
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Publisher: | Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
ID: | ISSN: 0934-9723 |
Link: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32865669 |
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title: | Prevalence and outcomes of re-positive nucleic acid tests in discharged COVID-19 patients |
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description: | The prevalence and outcomes of patients who had re-activation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after discharge remain poorly understood. We included 126 consecutively confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2-month follow-up data after discharge in this retrospective study. The upper respiratory specimen using a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test of three patients (71 years [60–76]) were positive within 11–20 days after their discharge, with an event rate of 19.8 (95%CI 2.60–42.1) per 1,000,000 patient-days. Moreover, all re-positive patients were asymptomatic. Our findings suggest that few recovered patients may still be virus carriers even after reaching the discharge criteria. |
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