Combination of rRT-PCR and Clinical Features to Predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Nosocomial Infection Control.
Fumihiro YamaguchiAyako SuzukiMiyuki HashiguchiEmiko KondoAtsuo MaedaTakuya YokoeJun SasakiYusuke ShikamaMunetaka HayashiSei KobayashiHiroshi SuzukiPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2024)
Some clinical factors are useful to predict patients with COVID-19 among those with symptoms similar to COVID-19. This study suggests that at least two real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reactions of SARS-CoV-2 are recommended to exclude COVID-19.