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- Title
Positive results for patients with COVID-19 discharged form hospital in Chongqing, China.
- Authors
Deng, Wang; Guang, Tian-wen; Yang, Mei; Li, Jian-rong; Jiang, De-peng; Li, Chang-yi; Wang, Dao-xin
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Since December 2019, over 80,000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in China. With the increasing number of recovered patients, more attention should be paid to the follow-up of these patients.<bold>Methods: </bold>In the study, 576 patients with COVID-19 discharged from hospital in Chongqing, China from January 24, 2020, to March 10, 2020 were evaluated by viral nucleic acid tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) to determine if they could be released from quarantine. Among the 576 patients, 61 patients (10.6%) had positive RT-PCR test results of SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to analyze the demographics, clinical characteristics and treatment of 61 patients.<bold>Results: </bold>These positive patients were characterized by older age, chronic medical illness and mild conditions. 38 (62.3%) patients who were asymptomatic without abnormalities on chest radiographs were found in the positive with COVID-19. Also, they showed positive results of stool or sputum specimens with negative results of nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens. The median duration of positive result of SARS-CoV-2 was varied from 3 days to 35 days in the patients discharged from hospital with no family member infection.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Multi-site screening of SARS-CoV-2 including nasal and pharyngeal swabs, stool and sputum specimens could be considered to improve the diagnosis, treatment and infection control in patients with COVID-19. Our findings provide the important information and clinical evidence for the improved management of patients recovered from COVID-19.
- Subjects
CHONGQING (China); CHINA; COVID-19; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; INFECTION control; SARS-CoV-2; CHEST X rays; PHARYNGEAL cancer
- Publication
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2334
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12879-020-05151-y