Long-term Positivity to SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Case of COVID-19 with Persistent Evidence of Infection

In December 2019, an outbreak of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Hubei province in China. The disease has since spread worldwide and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman who clinically recovered from COVID-1...

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Autores principales: D’Ardes, Damiano, Boccatonda, Andrea, Rossi, Ilaria, Pontolillo, Michela, Cocco, Giulio, Schiavone, Cosima, Santilli, Francesca, Guagnano, Maria Teresa, Bucci, Marco, Cipollone, Francesco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523924
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001707
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author D’Ardes, Damiano
Boccatonda, Andrea
Rossi, Ilaria
Pontolillo, Michela
Cocco, Giulio
Schiavone, Cosima
Santilli, Francesca
Guagnano, Maria Teresa
Bucci, Marco
Cipollone, Francesco
author_facet D’Ardes, Damiano
Boccatonda, Andrea
Rossi, Ilaria
Pontolillo, Michela
Cocco, Giulio
Schiavone, Cosima
Santilli, Francesca
Guagnano, Maria Teresa
Bucci, Marco
Cipollone, Francesco
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description In December 2019, an outbreak of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Hubei province in China. The disease has since spread worldwide and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman who clinically recovered from COVID-19 but showed persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 for 51 days. LEARNING POINTS: A case of persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 is described. Some tests may pick up viral RNA fragments, giving a false positive result. The quarantining of infected patients to limit possible SARS-CoV-2 spread is important.
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spelling pubmed-72799002020-06-09 Long-term Positivity to SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Case of COVID-19 with Persistent Evidence of Infection D’Ardes, Damiano Boccatonda, Andrea Rossi, Ilaria Pontolillo, Michela Cocco, Giulio Schiavone, Cosima Santilli, Francesca Guagnano, Maria Teresa Bucci, Marco Cipollone, Francesco Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles In December 2019, an outbreak of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was reported in Hubei province in China. The disease has since spread worldwide and the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman who clinically recovered from COVID-19 but showed persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 for 51 days. LEARNING POINTS: A case of persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 is described. Some tests may pick up viral RNA fragments, giving a false positive result. The quarantining of infected patients to limit possible SARS-CoV-2 spread is important. SMC Media Srl 2020-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7279900/ /pubmed/32523924 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001707 Text en © EFIM 2020 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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D’Ardes, Damiano
Boccatonda, Andrea
Rossi, Ilaria
Pontolillo, Michela
Cocco, Giulio
Schiavone, Cosima
Santilli, Francesca
Guagnano, Maria Teresa
Bucci, Marco
Cipollone, Francesco
Long-term Positivity to SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Case of COVID-19 with Persistent Evidence of Infection
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title_full_unstemmed Long-term Positivity to SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Case of COVID-19 with Persistent Evidence of Infection
title_short Long-term Positivity to SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Case of COVID-19 with Persistent Evidence of Infection
title_sort long-term positivity to sars-cov-2: a clinical case of covid-19 with persistent evidence of infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523924
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001707
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