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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

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2022

Daniel M. Brailita Open the ORCID record for Daniel M. Brailita [Opens in a new window] ,
Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun ,
Macy G. Wood ,
Ann M. Crowley ,
Sharleen A. Rapp ,
Paul D. Fey ,
Mark E. Rupp Open the ORCID record for Mark E. Rupp [Opens in a new window]  and
Angela L. Hewlett
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
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , April 2023 , pp. 678 - 679
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