Positive SARS-Cov-2 test in a woman with COVID-19 at 22 days after hospital discharge: A case report | Zendy

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Positive SARS-Cov-2 test in a woman with COVID-19 at 22 days after hospital discharge: A case report

Author(s) -

Anming Luo

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of traditional chinese medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 2589-0395

pISSN - 2095-7548

DOI - 10.1016/j.jtcms.2020.04.001

Subject(s) - nucleic acid test , covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , disease , test (biology) , throat , hospital discharge , virology , nucleic acid detection , emergency medicine , nucleic acid , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , biology , paleontology , biochemistry

BackgroundIn a few discharged patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the nucleic acid test shows positive results again. Whether this is due to relapse of the disease, reinfection by the virus, or a false-positive result at hospital discharge is worth exploring.Case presentationA woman with COVID-19 was discharged from the hospital after integrative treatment with traditional Chinese and Western medicine because she met the discharge standards. However, she obtained positive results on a nucleic acid test 22 days later.ConclusionBased on this positive test result in a discharged patient with COVID-19, anal tests and coronavirus antibody tests should be combined with throat swab tests to further develop the diagnosis and discharge standards for patients with COVID-19.

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