Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 23;74(6):1081-1084. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab623.
The clinical significance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) RNA in stool remains uncertain. We found that extrapulmonary dissemination of infection to the gastrointestinal tract, assessed by the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool, is associated with decreased coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survival. Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool may have utility for clinical risk assessment.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)在粪便中的临床意义尚不确定。我们发现,通过粪便中存在 SARS-CoV-2 RNA 评估,感染向胃肠道的肺外播散与 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)死亡率降低相关。粪便中 SARS-CoV-2 RNA 的测量可能对临床风险评估有用。