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Two cases of COVID‐19 with positive salivary and negative pharyngeal or respiratory swabs at hospital discharge: A rising concern
Author(s) -
Azzi Lorenzo,
Carcano Giulio,
Dalla Gasperina Daniella,
Sessa Fausto,
Maurino Vittorio,
Baj Andreina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/odi.13368
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , respiratory system , saliva , intensive care medicine , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
We report two cases of COVID‐19 showing negative respiratory swabs but positive salivary samples at the same time. These findings rise the concern about how to manage these patients before hospital discharging, thus avoiding contagion among their family members or a second coronavirus wave once the lockdown is over.