Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays Reverted to Positive in 25 Discharged Patients With COVID-19
Open Access
- 8 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 71 (16), 2230-2232
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa398
Abstract
We report the observation that 14.5% of COVID-19 patients had positive RT-PCR testing again after discharge. We describe correlations between laboratory parameters and treatment duration (P = .002) and time to virus recrudescence (P = .008), suggesting the need for additional measures to confirm illness resolution in COVID-19 patients.Funding Information
- Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen (SZSM201512005)
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