A systematic review and meta-analysis of discharged COVID-19 patients retesting positive for RT-PCR.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the increased number of patients discharged after having COVID-19, more and more studies have reported cases whose retesting was positive (RP) during the convalescent period, which brings a new public health challenge to the world.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang and VIP from December 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020. The included studies were assessed using JBI critical appraisal tools and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The RP rate of discharge patients was analyzed by a meta-analysis. We adhered to PRISMA reporting guideline.

Findings

We have included 117 studies with 2669 RP participants after discharge. The methodological quality of 66 case reports were low to high, 42 case series and 3 cohort study were moderat

SUBMITTER: Ren X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8052132 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature