The Demographic Analysis of the Probable COVID-19 Cases in Terms of RT-PCR Results and Age

• Published in: Clinical laboratory (Heidelberg) Vol. 67; no. 4
• Main Authors: Akpinar, Guleser, Demir, Mehmet C, Sultanoglu, Hasan, Sonmez, Feruza T, Karaman, Kivanc, Keskin, Banu H, Ince, Nevin, Guclu, Derya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Chronic Disease; Comorbidity; Cough; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing; Female; Fever; Headache; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Despite global prevention and quarantine efforts, the incidence of COVID-19 disease continues to increase. As a possible cause, our aim was to investigate which parameters increase the sensitivity or protection against COVID-19 between RT-PCR positive and RT-PCR negative cases in patients admitted t...