Open AccessCOVID‐19: Prolonged viral shedding in an HIV patient with literature review of risk factors for prolonged viral shedding and its implications for isolation strategies
Author(s) -
Yousaf Muhammad,
Hameed Mansoor,
Alsoub Hussam,
Khatib Mohamad,
Jamal Wasim,
Ahmad Mushtaq
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3786
Subject(s) - viral shedding , medicine , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , immunology , intensive care medicine , virus , disease , bioinformatics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , outbreak
Our work highlights patients at risk of prolonged viral shedding in COVID‐19 and its implications for isolation strategies and explores possible solution by PCR‐CT value testing (cycle threshold value). We also review the impact of HIV on COVID‐19.