Positive results for patients with COVID-19 discharged form hospital in Chongqing, China

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 429 - 6
• Main Authors: Deng, Wang, Guang, Tian-wen, Yang, Mei, Li, Jian-rong, Jiang, De-peng, Li, Chang-yi, Wang, Dao-xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.06.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Betacoronavirus; Care and treatment; China; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus disease 2019; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Feces - virology; Female; Health aspects; Hospital discharge; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nose - virology; Pandemics; Patient Discharge; Pharynx - virology; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Quarantine; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2; Sputum - virology; China; Coronavirus disease 2019; Hospital discharge; SARS-CoV-2

Since December 2019, over 80,000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in China. With the increasing number of recovered patients, more attention should be paid to the follow-up of these patients. In the study, 576 patients with COVID-19 discharged from hospital in Ch...