Pretest Symptom Duration and Cycle Threshold Values for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality.
Emily Happy MillerJason E ZuckerDelivette CastorMedini K AnnavajhalaJorge L SepulvedaDaniel A GreenSusan WhittierMatthew SchererNicola MedranoMagdalena E SobieszczykMichael T YinLouise KuhnAnne-Catrin UhlemannPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction Ct value and duration of symptoms are strongly associated with mortality. These 2 factors add useful information for clinicians to risk stratify patients presenting with COVID-19.
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