Initial SARS-CoV-2 PCR crossing point does not predict hospitalization and duration of PCR positivity.
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2020;
54:77-80. [PMID:
33069621 PMCID:
PMC7546960 DOI:
10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.020]
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine if the crossing point of the initial positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test correlated with patient demographics, subsequent hospitalization, or duration of positivity. Seventy-three patients with two or more positive PCR tests had a median time of 23 days to two consecutive negative results.
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