Kaya Bilkay Serez, Yılmam İlker, Çakır Edis Ebru, Karabulut Derya, Elmaslar Mert Tülin, Eryıldız Canan, Demir Muzaffer
Division of Hematology, Department of Pulmonology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
Division of Hematology, Department of Radiology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
Turk Thorac J. 2022 Jan;23(1):85-88. doi: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.21141.
COVID-19 is a pandemic that has been affecting the entire world and has caused the death of approximately 2.8 million people. Although the duration of viral shedding varies, an average of 7-10 days is accepted. It is still unclear whether prolonged viral shedding means prolonged contagious period and whether COVID-19 will become chronic or not. This article presents a case with hematological malignancy (lymphoma) with the longest polymerase chain reaction positivity that we could find in the literature (110 days in total).
新冠病毒病(COVID-19)是一场已影响全球并导致约280万人死亡的大流行病。尽管病毒脱落的持续时间各不相同,但普遍认为平均为7至10天。目前仍不清楚病毒长时间脱落是否意味着传染期延长,以及COVID-19是否会转为慢性病。本文介绍了一例血液系统恶性肿瘤(淋巴瘤)病例,其聚合酶链反应阳性持续时间为我们在文献中所能找到的最长时间(总计110天)。