Significance of nucleic acid positive anal swab in COVID-19 patients

Li Xiaoli; Rong Lei; Zhang Peiyan; Xu Jian; Rong Yan

doi:10.1515/med-2021-0236

Open Medicine (Feb 2021)

Significance of nucleic acid positive anal swab in COVID-19 patients

Li Xiaoli,
Rong Lei,
Zhang Peiyan,
Xu Jian,
Rong Yan

Affiliations

Li Xiaoli: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, No 1333, Xinhu Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518101, China
Rong Lei: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, No 1333, Xinhu Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518101, China
Zhang Peiyan: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of science and Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China
Xu Jian: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, No 1333, Xinhu Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518101, China
Rong Yan: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, No 1333, Xinhu Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518101, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2021-0236
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 332 – 337

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We compared the clinical characteristics of patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positive and negative anal swabs during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery and investigated the clinical significance and influence factors of anal swab detection.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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