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Re-positive coronavirus disease 2019 PCR test: could it be a reinfection?
- Source :
- New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 37, Iss , Pp 100748- (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the globe as a major health threat. Several reports on re-positive cases subsequent to discharge from hospitals caught our attention. We aimed to highlight RT-qPCR positivity re-detection after discharge from isolation, with special consideration of the possible reasons behind it. We found that re-positive RT-qPCR assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 after previous negative results might be attributed to false-negative laboratory results and prolonged viral shedding, rather than to re-infection. These findings are encouraging and should be validated in a larger cohort.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20522975
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 100748-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- New Microbes and New Infections
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7128934288d41778c5d8d98e7832607
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100748