A case of extremely prolonged viral shedding: Could cell cultures be a diagnostic tool to drive COVID-19 patient discharge?
COVID-19
RT-PCR
SARS-CoV-2
Serology
Viral culture
Journal
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
15
07
2020
revised:
11
11
2020
accepted:
14
11
2020
pubmed:
24
11
2020
medline:
10
4
2021
entrez:
23
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study addressed the case of a patient with prolonged COVID-19 viral shedding, reported by Real-Time PCR, until 71 days from symptom onset. However, viral culture received negative results after 30 days from symptom onset. Therefore, viral culture may be a worthwhile test for patients requiring discharge, in particular for those presenting prolonged viral shedding.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33227514
pii: S1201-9712(20)32472-3
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.161
pmc: PMC7679112
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
631-633Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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