Positive RT-PCR Test Results in 420 Patients Recovered From COVID-19 in Wuhan: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

During the follow-up of patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the quarantine and observation period, some of the cured patients showed positive results again. The recurrent positive RT-PCR test results drew widespread concern. We observed a certain number of cured COVID-19 patients with positive RT-PCR test results and try to analyze the factors that caused the phenomenon.

Methods

We conducted an observational study in COVID-19 patients discharged from 6 rehabilitation stations in Wuhan, China. All observed subjects met the criteria for hospital discharge and were in quarantine. Data regarding age, sex, body mass index (BMI), course of disease, comorbidity, smoking status and alcohol consumption, symptoms in and out of quarantine, and inter

SUBMITTER: He S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577046 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature