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428. Very High Clinical Likelihood (VHCL) Of COVID-19 Infection: Peering Beyond A Negative Nasopharyngeal Swab

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of COVID-19 relies upon RT-PCR assays for SARS-CoV-2 from a nasopharyngeal swab (NPS). However, results depend upon duration of illness at the time of testing and operator performance. False negatives occur 10–30% of the time. In our center we formulated & applied a clinica...

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Autores principales: Khatri, Akshay M, Flannery, Sarah, Singh, Vansha, Khameraj, Aradhana, Malhotra, Prashant, Farber, Bruce, Kast, Charles L, Gitman, Michael, Foley, Mathew, Hirschwerk, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776238/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.622