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Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread gradually throughout the world. There are multiple reports of prolonged viral shedding in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, such findings have not been documen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X21989492 |
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author | Islam, SM Rashed Ul Akther, Tahmina Sultana, Sharmin Munshi, Saif Ullah |
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description | Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread gradually throughout the world. There are multiple reports of prolonged viral shedding in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, such findings have not been documented in Bangladesh. Herein, we present a case of metabolic syndrome that remained positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA over a prolonged period. On clinical and laboratory examination, the patient was diagnosed with obesity, raised blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and uncontrolled glycemia. However, upon taking appropriate measures and controlling the plasma sugar level, he tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the 72nd day since illness onset. We observed that COVID-19 patients with several comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, may shed the virus over a prolonged period. Therefore, strict public health measures and isolation rules should be followed by a high-risk population. |
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spelling | pubmed-78416602021-02-23 Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report Islam, SM Rashed Ul Akther, Tahmina Sultana, Sharmin Munshi, Saif Ullah SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread gradually throughout the world. There are multiple reports of prolonged viral shedding in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); however, such findings have not been documented in Bangladesh. Herein, we present a case of metabolic syndrome that remained positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA over a prolonged period. On clinical and laboratory examination, the patient was diagnosed with obesity, raised blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and uncontrolled glycemia. However, upon taking appropriate measures and controlling the plasma sugar level, he tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the 72nd day since illness onset. We observed that COVID-19 patients with several comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, may shed the virus over a prolonged period. Therefore, strict public health measures and isolation rules should be followed by a high-risk population. SAGE Publications 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7841660/ /pubmed/33628449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X21989492 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Islam, SM Rashed Ul Akther, Tahmina Sultana, Sharmin Munshi, Saif Ullah Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title_full | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title_fullStr | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title_short | Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report |
title_sort | persistence of sars-cov-2 rna in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628449 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X21989492 |
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