Role of radiology in RT-PCR negative COVID-19 pneumonia: Review and recommendations

Currently, RT-PCR is the gold standard for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, due to the time-consuming laboratory tests and the low positivity rate of RT-PCR, it cannot be an ideal screening tool for infected population. In this review article, we have reviewed studies related to RT-PCR and...

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Autores principales: Sureka, Binit, Garg, Pawan Kumar, Saxena, Suvinay, Garg, Mahendra Kumar, Misra, Sanjeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34195108
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2108_20
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description Currently, RT-PCR is the gold standard for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, due to the time-consuming laboratory tests and the low positivity rate of RT-PCR, it cannot be an ideal screening tool for infected population. In this review article, we have reviewed studies related to RT-PCR and CT chest and we would like to give our recommendations. Depending upon the patient's clinical symptoms and radiology imaging typical of viral pneumonia compatible with COVID-19 infection, clinicians need to consider isolation of these patients early even if the RT-PCR test is negative.
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spelling pubmed-82082142021-06-29 Role of radiology in RT-PCR negative COVID-19 pneumonia: Review and recommendations Sureka, Binit Garg, Pawan Kumar Saxena, Suvinay Garg, Mahendra Kumar Misra, Sanjeev J Family Med Prim Care Review Article Currently, RT-PCR is the gold standard for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, due to the time-consuming laboratory tests and the low positivity rate of RT-PCR, it cannot be an ideal screening tool for infected population. In this review article, we have reviewed studies related to RT-PCR and CT chest and we would like to give our recommendations. Depending upon the patient's clinical symptoms and radiology imaging typical of viral pneumonia compatible with COVID-19 infection, clinicians need to consider isolation of these patients early even if the RT-PCR test is negative. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-05 2021-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8208214/ /pubmed/34195108 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2108_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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