Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 323; no. 18; pp. 1843 - 1844
• Main Authors: Wang, Wenling, Xu, Yanli, Gao, Ruqin, Lu, Roujian, Han, Kai, Wu, Guizhen, Tan, Wenjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 12.05.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Alveoli; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - virology; Bronchoscopy - statistics & numerical data; Bronchus; Child; Child, Preschool; China; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - urine; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; Feces - virology; Female; Gene Dosage; Genes, Viral; Humans; Letter; Letters; Male; Middle Aged; Nose - virology; Online First; Open Reading Frames; Pandemics; Pharynx - virology; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - urine; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Research Letter; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sputum; Sputum - virology; Viral diseases; Viral Load; Young Adult; China

This study describes results of PCR and viral RNA testing for SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar fluid, sputum, feces, blood, and urine specimens from patients with COVID-19 infection in China to identify possible means of non-respiratory transmission.