Do children need a longer time to shed SARS-CoV-2 in stool than adults?

Xiang Ma; Liang Su; Yunkui Zhang; Xiuzhen Zhang; Zhongtao Gai; Zhongfa Zhang

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Jun 2020)

Do children need a longer time to shed SARS-CoV-2 in stool than adults?

Xiang Ma,
Liang Su,
Yunkui Zhang,
Xiuzhen Zhang,
Zhongtao Gai,
Zhongfa Zhang

Affiliations

Xiang Ma: Department of Respiratory, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, China
Liang Su: Department of Infectious Diseases, Jinan Infectious Diseases Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China
Yunkui Zhang: Department of Respiratory, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, China
Xiuzhen Zhang: Department of Infectious Diseases, Jinan Infectious Diseases Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China
Zhongtao Gai: Department of Respiratory, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, China; Jinan Institute of Pediatrics, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, China; Corresponding author. Department of Respiratory, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250022, China.
Zhongfa Zhang: Department of Infectious Diseases, Jinan Infectious Diseases Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 53, no. 3
pp. 373 – 376

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 can be shed in the stool of patients in the recovery phase. Children show a longer shedding time than adults. We analyzed the possible causes of this finding and recommend that a negative stool sample be included in a patient's discharge criteria.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-microbiology-immunology-and-infection

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