Repeated COVID-19 relapse during post-discharge surveillance with viral shedding lasting for 67 days in a recovered patient infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Repeated COVID-19 relapse during post-discharge surveillance with viral shedding lasting for 67 days in a recovered patient infected with SARS-CoV-2.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2020 Aug 06;:
Authors: Liu F, Cai ZB, Huang JS, Niu HY, Yu WY, Zhang Y, Yan TB, Chen C, Liu Y, Xu AF
Abstract
A case who revealed the longest duration of viral shedding (67 days) in current reports, presented complicated characteristic on the relapse of COVID-19 due to the inconsistent performance of chest radiography and SARS-CoV-2-RNA detection after discharge. Lopinavir-interferon α2b boosted ribavirin following with lopinavir boosted budesonide might be a potent treatment for viral clearance.
PMID: 32807688 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - August 5, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Liu F, Cai ZB, Huang JS, Niu HY, Yu WY, Zhang Y, Yan TB, Chen C, Liu Y, Xu AF Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research