Clinical features of COVID-19 convalescent patients with re-positive nucleic acid detection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that has rapidly spread worldwide. Increasingly, confirmed patients being discharged according to the current diagnosis and treatment protocols, follow-up of convalescent patients is important to knowing about the outcome.

Methods

A retrospective study was performed among 98 convalescent patients with COVID-19 in a single medical center. The clinical features of patients during their hospitalization and 2-week postdischarge quarantine were collected.

Results

Among the 98 COVID-19 convalescent patients, 17 (17.3%) were detected positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid during 2-week postdischarge quarantine. The median time from discharge to SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid re-

SUBMITTER: Zhu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7300578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature