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Editor, Senior Moderator
SAGE Open Med Case Rep
. 2021 Jan 23;9:2050313X21989492.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X21989492. eCollection 2021.
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report
Sm Rashed Ul Islam[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tahmina Akther[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sharmin Sultana[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saif Ullah Munshi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread gradually throughout the world. There are multiple reports of prolonged viral shedding in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, such findings have not been documented in Bangladesh. Herein, we present a case of metabolic syndrome that remained positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA over a prolonged period. On clinical and laboratory examination, the patient was diagnosed with obesity, raised blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and uncontrolled glycemia. However, upon taking appropriate measures and controlling the plasma sugar level, he tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the 72nd day since illness onset. We observed that COVID-19 patients with several comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, may shed the virus over a prolonged period. Therefore, strict public health measures and isolation rules should be followed by a high-risk population.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; metabolic syndrome; virus shedding.
. 2021 Jan 23;9:2050313X21989492.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X21989492. eCollection 2021.
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report
Sm Rashed Ul Islam[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tahmina Akther[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sharmin Sultana[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saif Ullah Munshi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33628449
- PMCID: PMC7841660
- DOI: 10.1177/2050313X21989492
Abstract
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread gradually throughout the world. There are multiple reports of prolonged viral shedding in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, such findings have not been documented in Bangladesh. Herein, we present a case of metabolic syndrome that remained positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA over a prolonged period. On clinical and laboratory examination, the patient was diagnosed with obesity, raised blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and uncontrolled glycemia. However, upon taking appropriate measures and controlling the plasma sugar level, he tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the 72nd day since illness onset. We observed that COVID-19 patients with several comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, may shed the virus over a prolonged period. Therefore, strict public health measures and isolation rules should be followed by a high-risk population.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; metabolic syndrome; virus shedding.