Follow-up testing of viral nucleic acid in discharged patients with moderate type of COVID-19 / 浙江大学学报·医学版
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
; (6): 270-274, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the clinical outcome of patients with moderate type of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after discharge by retesting viral nucleic acid.@*METHODS@#Seven patients with moderate COVID-19 met the discharge criteria enacted by National Health Commission were quarantined in hospital for 7 days, then continuously quarantined at home for 4 weeks after discharged. During the quarantined period, the symptoms and signs were documented, and sputum or nasal swab and feces samples were collected to test SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid by RT-PCR method.@*RESULTS@#There was no symptoms and signs during the quarantine period in all 7 patients. However, respiratory swabs from 3 patients were confirmed positive of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid at 5 to 7 days after they met the discharge criteria.@*CONCLUSIONS@#There is a relatively high incidence of positive viral nucleic acid in patients met the discharge criteria, and it is suggested that patients met the current discharge criteria should be quarantined in hospital for another 7 days and the follow-up viral testing is necessary.
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Asunto principal:
Alta del Paciente
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Neumonía Viral
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Factores de Tiempo
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Virología
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ARN Viral
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Química
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Cuarentena
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
Año:
2020
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Article