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Case Report: Viral Shedding for 60 Days in a Woman with COVID-19.
- Source :
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2020 Jun; Vol. 102 (6), pp. 1210-1213. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency of international concern. This was first noted in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and since then has become widespread globally. We report a 71-year-old woman with documented viral shedding (based on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing) of SARS-CoV-2 for 60 days from the onset of symptoms (55 days from her first positive test and 36 days after complete resolution of symptoms). This is to our knowledge the longest duration of viral shedding reported to date. This case demonstrates that viral shedding after COVID-19 diagnosis can be prolonged.
- Subjects :
- Acids, Carbocyclic
Aged
Betacoronavirus drug effects
Betacoronavirus isolation & purification
COVID-19
China
Coronavirus Infections immunology
Coronavirus Infections pathology
Coronavirus Infections therapy
Cyclopentanes therapeutic use
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Female
Guanidines therapeutic use
Humans
Indoles therapeutic use
Lung drug effects
Lung pathology
Lung virology
Moxifloxacin therapeutic use
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral immunology
Pneumonia, Viral pathology
Pneumonia, Viral therapy
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Betacoronavirus pathogenicity
Coronavirus Infections diagnostic imaging
Lung diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral diagnostic imaging
Virus Shedding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32342849
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0275