Open AccessFollow-up Study of Long-time Positive RT-PCR in Stool Specimens From Asymptomatic Children Infected With SARS-CoV-2
Author(s) -
Jun Xie,
Xiaoru Long,
Chongsong Ren,
Ronghui He,
Xiaofeng Yan,
Weiguo Li,
Zhengxiu Luo,
Li Qiu,
Hongmei Xu,
Enmei Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002837
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , covid-19 , feces , asymptomatic carrier , gastroenterology , virology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In the current study, we report on 4 children with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, of which 3 of them were asymptomatic. These patients had both pharyngeal swabs and anal swabs testing during hospital or after discharge. All the 4 children showed long-time positive viral RNA in the stool specimens after pharyngeal swabs turned negative during the follow-up stage, especially in the asymptomatic children. The positive RNA in stool specimens of asymptomatic children last for more than 54 days after admission or 30 days after discharge.