After hospital discharge or discontinuation of quarantine, the patients were asked to continue the quarantine protocol at home for 5 days. The RT-PCR tests were repeated 5 to 13 days later and all were positive. All patients had 3 repeat RT-PCR tests performed over the next 4 to 5 days ...
Reconvalescent plasma/camostat mesylate in early SARS-CoV-2 Q-PCR positive high-risk individuals (RES-Q-HR): a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Currently, there are no approved treatments for early disease stages of COVID-19 and few strategies to preven...
Rapid community point-of-care testing for COVID-19 (RAPTOR-C19): protocol for a platform diagnostic studyDiagnostic testsPoint-of-care testsPrimary careCommunity testingCOVID-19ISRCTN, ISRCTN14226970doi:10.1186/s41512-021-00093-8BioMed CentralDiagnostic and Prognostic Research...
Considering the pandemic of COVID-19, early detection and treatment are of great importance to the slowdown of viral transmission and the control of the disease. Currently, the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing remains the diagnostic gold standard of COVID-19. As a...
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A growing number of U.S. lawmakers and government officials have caught COVID-19 recently. U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock announced that he was positive for COVID-19 after a routine test on Thursday afternoon. ...
It is also certain that we cannot know the false positive rate of the PCR tests without widespread testing of people who certainly do not have the virus, proven by a method which is independent of the test (having a solid gold standard). ...
(19)January 15: The NHC unveiled the first versions of Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, and Protocol on Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia. (20)1月16日,聚合酶链式反应(PCR)诊断试剂优化完成,武汉市对全部69所二级以上医院发热门诊就医和留观治疗的患者...
positive lower airway samples [92]. True clinical sensitivity of any of these tests is unknown, and possibility of false negative results remains. False positive is very unlikely though stray viral RNA that makes its way into the testing process as a result of specimen cross-contamination or ...
Because many patients were receiving COVID-19 testing for surveillance reasons (eg, routine admission testing), performance of a COVID-19 test was not an exclusion; however, if a test resulted positive, the patient was excluded. Randomization Using pseudorandom numbers, the study statistician ...
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