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Prolonged severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral shedding in lower-respiratory specimens of critically ill patients does not correlate with nasopharyngeal swab results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2022

Daniel M. Brailita*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Macy G. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Ann M. Crowley
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Sharleen A. Rapp
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Paul D. Fey
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Mark E. Rupp
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Angela L. Hewlett
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Dr. Daniel Brailita, E-mail: dabrailita@unmc.edu

Abstract

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Research Brief
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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