Prolonged fecal shedding of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a young immunocompetent COVID‐19 patient: A case report and literature overview

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 94; no. 7; pp. 3133 - 3137
• Main Authors: Xiao, Fang, Wan, Peiqi, Wei, Qiuling, Wei, Guiyang, Yu, Yanhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Antiviral drugs; Case reports; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Feces; Glucocorticoids; Immunocompetence; immunocompetent; Immunosuppressive agents; Interferon; Patients; prolonged viral RNA shedding; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Shedding; Viral diseases; Virology; COVID-19; immunocompetent; SARS-CoV-2; prolonged viral RNA shedding

Clinicians are facing several challenges in tackling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); one issue is prolonged detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) RNA. Here, we describe a case of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in a young immunocompetent patient with a virological cours...