Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 Load at Hospital Admission as a Predictor of Mortality
Clin Infect Dis
.
2021 May 18;72(10):1868-1869.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa956.
Authors
Claudia Alteri
1
,
Valeria Cento
2
,
Marta Vecchi
3
,
Luna Colagrossi
4
,
Diana Fanti
5
,
Chiara Vismara
5
,
Massimo Puoti
6
,
Carlo Federico Perno
1
5
;
SCoVA Study Group
Collaborators
SCoVA Study Group
:
Claudia Alteri
,
Maria Antonello
,
Chiara Baiguera
,
Alessandra Bielli
,
Maurizio Bottiroli
,
Paolo Brioschi
,
Daniela Campisi
,
Stefania Carta
,
Giorgia Casalicchio
,
Valeria Cento
,
Arturo Chieregato
,
Luna Colagrossi
,
Valentino Costabile
,
Jacopo Colombo
,
Federica Di Ruscio
,
Oscar Massimiliano Epis
,
Diana Fanti
,
Roberto Fumagalli
,
Thomas Langer
,
Elisa Matarazzo
,
Marco Merli
,
Alice Nava
,
Silvia Nerini Molteni
,
Carlo Federico Perno
,
Massimo Puoti
,
Silvia Renica
,
Livia Tartaglione
,
Nicola Ughi
,
Chiara Vismara
Affiliations
1
Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
2
Residency in Microbiology and Virology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
3
Residency in Infectious Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
4
Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
5
Chemical-Clinical and Microbiological Analyses, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
6
Infectious Diseases, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
PMID:
32674129
PMCID:
PMC7454479
DOI:
10.1093/cid/ciaa956
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Nasopharynx
SARS-CoV-2*