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PCR Assays Turned Positive in 25 Discharged COVID-19 Patients

Published time: 08 April 2020

Authors: Jing Yuan, MD,  Shanglong Kou, PhD,  Yanhua Liang, MS,  JianFeng Zeng, MS, Yanchao Pan, PhD,  Lei Liu, MD

Keywords: coronavirus, COVID-19, discharged patients, recurrent viral activity, D-dimer level


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 (r= -0.637; p=0.002) and time to virus recrudescence (r= 0.52; p=0.008) respectively, suggesting the need for additional measures to confirm illness resolution in COVID-19 patients.


PCR Assays Turned Positive in 25 Discharged COVID-19 Patients

 

Reference: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa398

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