Proper Assignation of Reactivation in a COVID-19 Recurrence Initially Interpreted as a Reinfection.
J Infect Dis
; 224(5): 788-792, 2021 09 01.
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| ID: mdl-34107025
ABSTRACT
A 77-year-old man (case R) with previous diagnosis of a mild COVID-19 episode was hospitalized 35 days later. On day 23 postadmission, he developed a second COVID-19 episode, now severe, and finally died. Initially, case R's COVID-19 recurrence was interpreted as a reinfection due to the exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR-positive roommate. However, whole-genome sequencing indicated that case R's recurrence corresponded to a reactivation of the strain involved in his first episode. Case R's reactivation had major consequences, leading to a more severe episode, and causing subsequent transmission to another 2 hospitalized patients, 1 of them with fatal outcome.
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Reinfecção
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article