Anal swab as a potentially optimal specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection to evaluate hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients.

Autor: Sun M; Department of Central Lab, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Guo D; Department of Central Lab, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Zhang J; Department of Infectious Diseases, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Zhang J; Department of Infectious Diseases, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Teng HF; Department of Intensive Care Unit, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Xia J; Department of Infectious Diseases, Weihai Chest Hospital. Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Liu P; Department of Central Lab, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Ge QX; Department of Radiology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China., Wang MY; Department of Central Lab, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong 264200, PR China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Future microbiology [Future Microbiol] 2020 Aug; Vol. 15, pp. 1101-1107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 14.
DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0090
Abstrakt: Since December 2019, an outbreak of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) began in Wuhan, and has rapidly spread worldwide. Previously, discharged patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients met the criteria of China's pneumonia diagnosis and treatment program of novel coronavirus infection (trial version 7) for cure of viral infection. Nevertheless, positive detection of SARS-CoV-2 has been found again in several cured COVID-19 patients, leading to conflicts with current criteria. Here, we report clinically cured cases with positive results only in anal swabs, and investigate the clinical value of anal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 detection.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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