Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction versus chest computed tomography for detecting early symptoms of COVID-19. A diagnostic accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: A positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS CoV-2, from nasopharyngeal swabs, is the current gold standard diagnostic test for this virus and has sensitivity of 60-70%. Some studies have demonstrated a significant number of false-negative RT-PCR...

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Autores principales: Duarte, Márcio Luís, dos Santos, Lucas Ribeiro, Contenças, Andrea Carla de Souza, Iared, Wagner, Peccin, Maria Stella, Atallah, Álvaro Nagib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9673868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32844901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2020.034306072020

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9673868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32844901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2020.034306072020

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