Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played havoc on this world’s health and economics since its outbreak in December 2019. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard to diagnose severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Still, few fals...

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Autor principal: Roy, Sayak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00655-9
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played havoc on this world’s health and economics since its outbreak in December 2019. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard to diagnose severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Still, few false-positive reports are emerging up that add to the physicians’ dilemma and maintenance of health statistics.
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spelling pubmed-77783902021-01-04 Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report Roy, Sayak SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has played havoc on this world’s health and economics since its outbreak in December 2019. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard to diagnose severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Still, few false-positive reports are emerging up that add to the physicians’ dilemma and maintenance of health statistics. Springer International Publishing 2021-01-02 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7778390/ /pubmed/33426468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00655-9 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report
title Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report
title_full Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report
title_fullStr Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report
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title_short Physicians’ Dilemma of False-Positive RT-PCR for COVID-19: a Case Report
title_sort physicians’ dilemma of false-positive rt-pcr for covid-19: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00655-9
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