Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jun;102(6):1210-1213. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0275.
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency of international concern. This was first noted in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and since then has become widespread globally. We report a 71-year-old woman with documented viral shedding (based on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing) of SARS-CoV-2 for 60 days from the onset of symptoms (55 days from her first positive test and 36 days after complete resolution of symptoms). This is to our knowledge the longest duration of viral shedding reported to date. This case demonstrates that viral shedding after COVID-19 diagnosis can be prolonged.
新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)由严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2 型(SARS-CoV-2)引起,已成为国际关注的公共卫生突发事件。该病毒最初在中国湖北省武汉市被发现,此后在全球范围内广泛传播。我们报告了一例 71 岁女性,从症状出现(第一次阳性检测后 55 天,症状完全消退后 36 天)起至确诊感染新型冠状病毒 60 天内持续病毒脱落(基于逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测)。据我们所知,这是迄今为止报告的最长病毒脱落持续时间。该病例表明,COVID-19 诊断后的病毒脱落可持续延长。