Clinical characteristics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reactivation

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. e14 - e17
• Main Authors: Ye, Guangming, Pan, Zhenyu, Pan, Yunbao, Deng, Qiaoling, Chen, Liangjun, Li, Jin, Li, Yirong, Wang, Xinghuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2020; The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; China; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; COVID-19; CT scan; Female; Humans; Laboratory medicine; Male; Pandemics; Pharynx - virology; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transaminases - blood; China; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Laboratory medicine; CT scan

•All reactivated patients presented normal aminotransferase levels.•Throat swab samples from the reactivated patients indicated all positive for the virus.•There might be no specific clinical characteristics to distinguish the reactivation of SARS-CoV-2. Previous studies on the pneumonia outbreak ca...