Chest computed tomography in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in patients with false negative RT-PCR.
Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes FonsecaLorena Carneiro FerreiraBruna Melo Coelho LoureiroDaniel Giunchetti StrabelliLucas de Pádua Gomes de FariasGabriel Abrantes de QueirozJosé Vitor Rassi GarciaRenato de Freitas TeixeiraVictor Arcanjo Almeida GamaRodrigo Caruso ChateAntonildes Nascimento Assunção JúniorMarcio Valente Yamada SawamuraCesar Higa NomuraPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Computed tomography can play an important role in management of suspected cases of COVID-19 with initial negative results in RT-PCR, especially considering those patients outside the ideal window for sample collection for RT-PCR.