Abstract
Since December 2019, 62 medical staff of Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, China have been hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019. During the post-discharge surveillance after clinical recovery, swabs were positive in two asymptomatic cases (3.23%). Case 1 had presented typical clinical and radiological manifestations on admission, while manifestation in Case 2 was very mild. In conclusion, a small proportion of recovered patients may test positive after discharge, and post-discharge surveillance and isolation need to be strengthened.
Keywords:
COVID-19; medical staff; positive detection; post-discharge surveillance.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Asymptomatic Infections*
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Betacoronavirus / genetics
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Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
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COVID-19
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COVID-19 Testing
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
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Coronavirus Infections / genetics
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Coronavirus Infections / transmission
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Coronavirus Infections / virology
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Female
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
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Male
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Patient Discharge*
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Pharynx / virology*
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Pneumonia, Viral / genetics*
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Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Radiography
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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SARS-CoV-2
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed