Prolonged Viral Shedding in a Lymphoma Patient with COVID-19 Infection Receiving Convalescent Plasma

Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first identified in Wuhan, China; and spread all over the world. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 usually returns to negative in 20 days post-infection, but prolonged positivity has been reported up to 63 days. A case whose viral shedding lasted 60 days is reported from China. Herein we report a patient with a history of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for lymphoma whose RT-PCR test remained positive for SARS-CoV-2 for 74 days.

Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - July 2, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Ay şe Karataş, Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya, Haluk Demiroğlu, Salih Aksu, Tahmaz Haziyev, Olgu Erkin Çınar, Alpaslan Alp, Ömrüm Uzun, Nilgün Sayınalp, Hakan Göker Tags: Case Report Source Type: research