Positive RT-PCR Test Results in Patients Recovered From COVID-19

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2783

Case Reports

. 2020 Apr 21;323(15):1502-1503.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.2783.

Positive RT-PCR Test Results in Patients Recovered From COVID-19

Lan Lan¹, Dan Xu¹, Guangming Ye², Chen Xia³, Shaokang Wang³, Yirong Li², Haibo Xu¹

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¹ Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
³ Beijing Infervision Technology Co Ltd, Beijing, China.

PMID: 32105304
PMCID: PMC7047852
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.2783

Case Reports

Positive RT-PCR Test Results in Patients Recovered From COVID-19

Lan Lan et al. JAMA. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 21;323(15):1502-1503.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.2783.

Authors

Lan Lan¹, Dan Xu¹, Guangming Ye², Chen Xia³, Shaokang Wang³, Yirong Li², Haibo Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
³ Beijing Infervision Technology Co Ltd, Beijing, China.

PMID: 32105304
PMCID: PMC7047852
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.2783

Abstract

This case series describes reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results in 4 health professionals discharged from hospitalization or quarantine after 2 negative RT-PCR test results and resolution of clinical COVID-19 infection.

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[1] Wang D, Hu B, Hu C, et al. . Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus–infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China. JAMA. Published online February 7, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.1585 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[4] Chan JF-W, Yuan S, Kok K-H, et al. . A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet. 2020;395(10223):514-523. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Wei M, Yuan J, Liu Y, Fu T, Yu X, Zhang ZJ. Novel coronavirus infection in hospitalized infants under 1 year of age in China. JAMA. Published online February 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2131 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Wei M, Yuan J, Liu Y, Fu T, Yu X, Zhang ZJ. Novel coronavirus infection in hospitalized infants under 1 year of age in China. JAMA. Published online February 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2131 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Pan F, Ye T, Sun P, et al. . Time course of lung changes on chest CT during recovery from 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia. Radiology. Published online February 13, 2020. doi:10.1148/radiol.2020200370 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Pan F, Ye T, Sun P, et al. . Time course of lung changes on chest CT during recovery from 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia. Radiology. Published online February 13, 2020. doi:10.1148/radiol.2020200370 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] China National Health Commission Diagnosis and treatment of 2019-nCoV pneumonia in China. In Chinese. Published February 8, 2020. Accessed February 19, 2020. http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yzygj/s7653p/202002/d4b895337e19445f8d728fcaf1e3e1...

[10] China National Health Commission Diagnosis and treatment of 2019-nCoV pneumonia in China. In Chinese. Published February 8, 2020. Accessed February 19, 2020. http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yzygj/s7653p/202002/d4b895337e19445f8d728fcaf1e3e1...

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