Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads.
Asymptomatic patients
RT-PCR
coronavirus disease 2019
infection control
pre-hospitalization
screening
severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2
viral load
Journal
New microbes and new infections
ISSN: 2052-2975
Titre abrégé: New Microbes New Infect
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101624750
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
18
08
2020
revised:
03
11
2020
accepted:
13
11
2020
pubmed:
26
11
2020
medline:
26
11
2020
entrez:
25
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Previously limited to symptomatic patients, our hospital introduced a universal admission screening strategy for coronavirus disease 2019 on 25 April 2020. All patients were tested by RT-PCR. We observed decreased viral loads linked to increased screening of asymptomatic patients highlighting the fact that viral load values could guide infection control decisions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33235799
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100820
pii: S2052-2975(20)30172-4
pmc: PMC7676852
doi:
Types de publication
Editorial
Langues
eng
Pagination
100820Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
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