A cautionary tale of false-negative nasopharyngeal COVID-19 testing
oleh: Sean S.M. Bullis, Jessica W. Crothers, Shawn Wayne, Andrew J. Hale
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2020-01-01 |
Deskripsi
There remains diagnostic uncertainty regarding the sensitivity of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in detection of SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal specimens. We present a case where two nasopharyngeal specimens were negative, followed by a positive sputum sample. Serial testing for COVID-19 is indicated in patients with high pretest probability of disease.