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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 19;20(1):429.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05151-y.
Positive Results for Patients With COVID-19 Discharged Form Hospital in Chongqing, China
Wang Deng[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tian-Wen Guang[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mei Yang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jian-Rong Li[SUP] 5 [/SUP], De-Peng Jiang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chang-Yi Li[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Dao-Xin Wang[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Since December 2019, over 80,000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in China. With the increasing number of recovered patients, more attention should be paid to the follow-up of these patients.
Methods: In the study, 576 patients with COVID-19 discharged from hospital in Chongqing, China from January 24, 2020, to March 10, 2020 were evaluated by viral nucleic acid tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) to determine if they could be released from quarantine. Among the 576 patients, 61 patients (10.6%) had positive RT-PCR test results of SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to analyze the demographics, clinical characteristics and treatment of 61 patients.
Results: These positive patients were characterized by older age, chronic medical illness and mild conditions. 38 (62.3%) patients who were asymptomatic without abnormalities on chest radiographs were found in the positive with COVID-19. Also, they showed positive results of stool or sputum specimens with negative results of nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens. The median duration of positive result of SARS-CoV-2 was varied from 3 days to 35 days in the patients discharged from hospital with no family member infection.
Conclusions: Multi-site screening of SARS-CoV-2 including nasal and pharyngeal swabs, stool and sputum specimens could be considered to improve the diagnosis, treatment and infection control in patients with COVID-19. Our findings provide the important information and clinical evidence for the improved management of patients recovered from COVID-19.
Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Hospital discharge; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Jun 19;20(1):429.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05151-y.
Positive Results for Patients With COVID-19 Discharged Form Hospital in Chongqing, China
Wang Deng[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tian-Wen Guang[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mei Yang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jian-Rong Li[SUP] 5 [/SUP], De-Peng Jiang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chang-Yi Li[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Dao-Xin Wang[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32560694
- DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05151-y
Abstract
Background: Since December 2019, over 80,000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in China. With the increasing number of recovered patients, more attention should be paid to the follow-up of these patients.
Methods: In the study, 576 patients with COVID-19 discharged from hospital in Chongqing, China from January 24, 2020, to March 10, 2020 were evaluated by viral nucleic acid tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) to determine if they could be released from quarantine. Among the 576 patients, 61 patients (10.6%) had positive RT-PCR test results of SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to analyze the demographics, clinical characteristics and treatment of 61 patients.
Results: These positive patients were characterized by older age, chronic medical illness and mild conditions. 38 (62.3%) patients who were asymptomatic without abnormalities on chest radiographs were found in the positive with COVID-19. Also, they showed positive results of stool or sputum specimens with negative results of nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens. The median duration of positive result of SARS-CoV-2 was varied from 3 days to 35 days in the patients discharged from hospital with no family member infection.
Conclusions: Multi-site screening of SARS-CoV-2 including nasal and pharyngeal swabs, stool and sputum specimens could be considered to improve the diagnosis, treatment and infection control in patients with COVID-19. Our findings provide the important information and clinical evidence for the improved management of patients recovered from COVID-19.
Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Hospital discharge; SARS-CoV-2.