Test-based de-isolation in COVID-19 immunocompromised patients: Cycle threshold value versus SARS-CoV-2 viral culture.

Autor: Alshukairi AN; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: abeer.alshukairi@gmail.com., Tolah AM; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Dada A; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Al-Tawfiq JA; Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA., Almagharbi RS; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Saeedi MF; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Al-Hamzi MA; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., El-Kafrawy SA; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Bahaudden HA; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., El-Saed A; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Al-Mozaini MA; Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Khalid I; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Hefni LK; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Hassan AM; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Alandijany TA; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Bajrai LH; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Bayumi DT; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Albishi GE; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Althawadi SI; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Zabani NA; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Perlman S; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA., Azhar EI; Special Infectious Agents Unit-BSL3, King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Publikováno v: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases [Int J Infect Dis] 2021 Jul; Vol. 108, pp. 112-115. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 15.