Real Time PCR and Culture-Based Virus Isolation Test in Clinically Recovered Patients: Is the Subject Still Infectious for SARS-CoV2?

Viviana ManzulliGiulia SciosciaGiulio GigantiMaria Rosaria CapobianchiDonato LacedoniaLorenzo PaceDora CipollettaPasquale TondoRosella De NittisValeria RondinoneLuigina SerrecchiaAntonio ParisiDomenico GalanteSergio Lo CaputoTeresa Antonia Santantonio Damiana MoschettaVitangelo DattoliAntonio FasanellaMaria Pia Foschino Barbaro

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

Our preliminary results demonstrate that patients clinically recovered for at least three days show the viral clearance at viral culture, and presumably they continued to not be contagious.

Keyphrases

sars cov
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
real time pcr
coronavirus disease